Skip to content

Another case of type families not being reduced

Similar to #12381 (closed) and #11348 (closed) but this one doesn't pass with GHC HEAD either,

{-# LANGUAGE TypeInType, TypeFamilies, FlexibleInstances #-}

import GHC.Types

type family F (a :: Type) :: Type

class C a where
  type D (a :: Type) :: F a

instance (F a ~ Bool) => C a where
  type D a = True

fails with,

Hi.hs:11:14: error:
    • Expected kind ‘F a’, but ‘'True’ has kind ‘Bool’
    • In the type ‘True’
      In the type instance declaration for ‘D’
      In the instance declaration for ‘C a’
Trac metadata
Trac field Value
Version 8.0.1
Type Bug
TypeOfFailure OtherFailure
Priority normal
Resolution Unresolved
Component Compiler (Type checker)
Test case
Differential revisions
BlockedBy
Related
Blocking
CC alexvieth, kosmikus
Operating system
Architecture
To upload designs, you'll need to enable LFS and have an admin enable hashed storage. More information