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Allow an injective type family RHS to be another injective type family

Example use case:

{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies, TypeFamilyDependencies, UndecidableInstances #-}

type family Foo a = r | r -> a where
	Foo Int = Char
	Foo Integer = String

type family Bar a = r | r -> a where
	Bar Char = Double
	Bar String = Float

type family Baz a = r | r -> a where
	Baz x = Bar (Foo x)
  1. 0 says:
test.hs:12:9: error:
    • Type family equation violates injectivity annotation.
      RHS of injective type family equation cannot be a type family:
        Baz x = Bar (Foo x) -- Defined at test.hs:12:9
    • In the equations for closed type family ‘Baz’
      In the type family declaration for ‘Baz’
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Version 8.0.1
Type FeatureRequest
TypeOfFailure OtherFailure
Priority normal
Resolution Unresolved
Component Compiler (Type checker)
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