[Haskell-cafe] using type variables in type declarations inside function

[Brandon Allbery]

On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 3:47 PM, Dennis Raddle <dennis.raddle at gmail.com>
wrote:

> myFunc :: a -> b -> c
> myFunc x y z = ...
>   where
>     helper :: a -> [b]
>     helper xx = ...
>
> Notice that I'm attempting to declare 'helper' using my type variables.
> I've noticed that this results in an error.
> Is this actually possible, and how?
>

You need the ScopedTypeVariables extension, *and* to "declare" the type
variables whose scope is to be extended with an explicit "forall" in the
signature.

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