Allow documentary type signatures
In some cases (e.g., lens) it's useful to document a binding with a more specific type signature than the true one, to show a useful special case. Unfortunately, this documentation can potentially be wrong or go out of date. I'd like to propose a pragma for this:
{-# Documentary #-} f :: T -> U
would ask the type checker to verify that f :: T -> U. Specifically, it would have the effect of creating and type checking, but then discarding, a hidden binding
f_doc :: T -> U
f_doc t = f t
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| Version | 7.10.3 |
| Type | FeatureRequest |
| TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
| Priority | normal |
| Resolution | Unresolved |
| Component | Compiler (Type checker) |
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