My core questions are:
* Should variables representing the same thing always have the same unique?
* If not how can one assert they actually represent the same thing?
Working on the pattern matching code I came across this assertion:
> ASSERT(tvs1 `equalLength` ex_tvs )
http://git.haskell.org/ghc.git/blob/HEAD:/compiler/deSugar/MatchCon.hs#l125
tvs1 and ex_tvs are both the existentially quantified type variables of
a pattern.
One gained by taking apart the pattern itself and one by taking apart
the ConLike in the pattern.
While as far as I can tell they always represent the same Types they
don't always compare as equal.
Is there any other stable way to compare them? (By name? Something
else?). Or is them not being
equal a bug to begin with.
Follow up question:
The whole assert is essentially a unit test as ex_tvs isn't used outside
of the assert.
Is there a solution to check these invariants in tests instead of the
source code?
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