Typechecker behaviour change

From: http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/glasgow-haskell-users/2011-March/020116.html

The behaviour has changed (7.0.1 accepts it, 7.0.2 doesn't), but I'm not sure which behaviour is right.

I've put a cut-down (but not standalone) version of the offending module below. I believe the relevant steps are then:

The ct application means we need an instance for:
      Cast (ResidueI (Pol (ResidueE (UPol k))))
                     (Pol (ResidueE (UPol k)))

Need: Cast (ResidueI (Pol (ResidueE (UPol k))))
                     (Pol (ResidueE (UPol k)))
Have:     instance LinSolvRing a => Cast (ResidueI a) a

Now need: LinSolvRing (Pol (ResidueE (UPol k)))
Have:     instance EuclideanRing a => LinSolvRing (Pol a)

Now need: EuclideanRing (ResidueE (UPol k))
Have:     instance (EuclideanRing a, Ring (ResidueE a) )
                => EuclideanRing (ResidueE a)

Now need: EuclideanRing (UPol k)
Have:     instance Field a => EuclideanRing (UPol a)

Now need: LinSolvRing (UPol k)    (from the EuclideanRing class constraints)
Have:     instance EuclideanRing a => LinSolvRing (UPol a)  (Pol2_.hs:95)
And:      instance (LinSolvRing (Pol a), CommutativeRing a)
                => LinSolvRing (UPol (Pol a))

A different instance should be used depending on whether or not
    k = Pol x
(for some x).

With flags:

-XTypeSynonymInstances -XUndecidableInstances -XFlexibleContexts -XFlexibleInstances -XMultiParamTypeClasses -XOverlappingInstances -XRecordWildCards -XNamedFieldPuns -XScopedTypeVariables -fcontext-stack=30

module T_cubeext (cubicExt) where

import Prelude (undefined)
import DPrelude (ct)
import Categs (ResidueE)
import SetGroup ()
import RingModule (Field, FactorizationRing)
import VecMatr  ()
import Fraction ()
import Pol (Pol, UPol)
import Residue (ResidueI)
import GBasis  ()

cubicExt :: forall k . (Field k, FactorizationRing (UPol k))
         => k -> ()
cubicExt _ = undefined
 where unE :: ResidueI (Pol (ResidueE (UPol k)))
       unE  = undefined

       kToE :: Pol (ResidueE (UPol k)) -> ResidueI (Pol (ResidueE (UPol k)))
       kToE = ct unE

Trac metadata

Trac field	Value
Version	7.0.2
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	Compiler
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