add warning for local type signatures that use the same type variable names as outer type signatures
for a (poor) example,
f :: a -> a
f x = x
where
g :: a --this is (forall x. x) not the 'a' from f's type signature
-- So, warn about this signature.
g = undefined
Because it is likely to be confusing, as well as interfering with any possibility of the type variables being considered scoped by default. In fact, this may be a helpful/explanatory message in cases where there will also be a type error due to the type variables not actually being scoped. (although, detecting those cases particularly and giving a recommended solution for how to give such a type signature, would be a more difficult endeavor (what to recommend?))
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| Trac field | Value |
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| Version | 6.6.1 |
| Type | FeatureRequest |
| TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
| Priority | normal |
| Resolution | Unresolved |
| Component | Compiler |
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| Operating system | Unknown |
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