#6074: Instance inference failure with GADTs ----------------------------------------+----------------------------------- Reporter: goldfire | Owner: Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.8.1 Component: Compiler (Type checker) | Version: 7.5 Keywords: GADTs | Os: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Failure: None/Unknown Difficulty: Unknown | Testcase: Blockedby: | Blocking: Related: | ----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------
Comment(by simonpj): No, types are erased at runtime. You can't match on them. That's what GADTs are for: value-level things where matching conveys type information! -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/6074#comment:7> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-bugs mailing list Glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-bugs