[Haskell-cafe] working through "Part I: Dependent Types in Haskell"
Nicholls, Mark
nicholls.mark at vimn.com
Mon Apr 27 11:52:53 UTC 2015
Hello,
working through
https://www.fpcomplete.com/user/konn/prove-your-haskell-for-great-safety/dependent-types-in-haskell
but a bit stuck...with an error...
> {-# LANGUAGE DataKinds, TypeFamilies, TypeOperators, UndecidableInstances, GADTs, StandaloneDeriving #-}
> data Nat = Z | S Nat
> data Vector a n where
> Nil :: Vector a Z
> (:-) :: a -> Vector a n -> Vector a (S n)
> infixr 5 :-
I assume init...is a bit like tail but take n - 1 elements from the front....but...
> init' :: Vector a ('S n) -> Vector a n
> init' (x1 :- Nil) = Nil
> init' (x :- xs) = x :- (init' xs)
gives...(I could do with working out what haskell is tryign to tell me).
Could not deduce (n1 ~ 'S n0)
from the context ('S n ~ 'S n1)
bound by a pattern with constructor
:- :: forall a (n :: Nat). a -> Vector a n -> Vector a ('S n),
in an equation for 'init''
at cafe.lhs:13:10-16
'n1' is a rigid type variable bound by
a pattern with constructor
:- :: forall a (n :: Nat). a -> Vector a n -> Vector a ('S n),
in an equation for 'init''
at cafe.lhs:13:10
Expected type: Vector a n
Actual type: Vector a ('S n0)
Relevant bindings include
xs :: Vector a n1 (bound at cafe.lhs:13:15)
In the expression: x :- (init' xs)
In an equation for 'init'': init' (x :- xs) = x :- (init' xs)
so...
the ":-" in "init' (x :- xs)"
has type
forall a (n :: Nat). a -> Vector a n -> Vector a ('S n)
yep that makes sense....
if it knew "n ~ n1" then it knows "n1 ~ 'S n0"
so it would know "n ~ 'S n0"
but it only knows "'S n ~ 'S n1"
hmmmm...surely from the def of Nat, thats "obvious"
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