GHC hangs on (possibly dubious) associated type synonym default
Summary
This is my program:
{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-}
class Foo a where
type Bar a
type Bar (f a) = Bar a
Under GHC 8.8, this produces a "default declaration should have form..." error. However, if I try to compile under GHC 8.10.2, it outputs this and just hangs:
$ ghc -c bug.hs
bug.hs:4:4: error:
I also tried GHC 9.0.1-alpha1, same outcome:
$ ghci bug.hs
GHCi, version 9.0.0: https://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help
[1 of 1] Compiling Main ( bug.hs, interpreted )
bug.hs:4:4: error:
It may be that what I'm trying to do here (have the type instance for, for example, Maybe a and Either b a default to that for a) doesn't make sense, but of course it should report an error without hanging forever.
Environment
- GHC version used: 8.10.2, 9.0.1-alpha1.
- Operating System: Linux x86_64
Edited by Galen Huntington