Incorrect redundant import warning for type classes
Given the three files below, the import marked with (!!!) is reported as redundant. Upon deleting it, GHC reports that "has" is not a visible class method of BClass.
This came up in the context of the MFP (#10751 (closed)), with the correspondences Base<->Control.Monad, Extends<->Control.Monad.Fail. We would like to have Control.Monad re-export Control.Monad.Fail.MonadFail without its (clashing) member "fail" for the time being. For future compatibility, some modules should implement MonadFail right now, requiring us to import Control.Monad.Fail explicitly in order to write an instance. Said procedure leads to the described import warning, which breaks the validation script for example.
-- Base.hs
module Base (AClass(..), BClass()) where
import Extends (BClass())
class AClass a where
has :: a
-- Extends.hs
module Extends where
class BClass b where
has :: b
-- UseSite.hs
module UseSite where
import Base
import Extends -- (!!!)
data Bar = Bar
instance AClass Bar where
has = Bar
instance BClass Bar where
has = Bar
We either get
UseSite.hs:12:5: error:
‘has’ is not a (visible) method of class ‘BClass’
or
UseSite.hs:4:1: warning:
The import of ‘Extends’ is redundant
except perhaps to import instances from ‘Extends’
To import instances alone, use: import Extends()
Edited by quchen