Functional dependency coverage check does not use type equalities
When checking the coverage condition to validate an instance, we should also consider equality constraints because they have a dependency in both directions.
class C a b | a -> b
instance (a ~ b) => C a b
-- Illegal instance declaration for ‛C a b’
-- The coverage condition fails in class ‛C’
-- for functional dependency: ‛a -> b’
-- Reason: lhs type ‛a’ does not determine rhs type ‛b’
-- Using UndecidableInstances might help
-- In the instance declaration for ‛C a b’
Trac metadata
| Trac field | Value |
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| Version | 7.6.3 |
| Type | Bug |
| TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
| Priority | normal |
| Resolution | Unresolved |
| Component | Compiler (Type checker) |
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| CC | iavor.diatchki@gmail.com |
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| Architecture |