Suggest -XExistentialQuantification for 'forall' in data declarations
D5180 introduced a slight regression to the error messages. In this code
data T = forall a. MkT a
GHC used to complain
rnfail053.hs:5:10:
Not a data constructor: ‘forall’
Perhaps you intended to use ExistentialQuantification
but then the message has become
rnfail053.hs:5:18: error:
Illegal symbol '.' in type
Perhaps you intended to use RankNTypes or a similar language
extension to enable explicit-forall syntax: forall <tvs>. <type>
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| Version | 8.6.3 |
| Type | Task |
| TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
| Priority | normal |
| Resolution | Unresolved |
| Component | Compiler (Parser) |
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