#4259: Add overlapping instances for type families
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Reporter: lilac | Owner:
Type: feature request | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Compiler (Type checker) | Version: 6.12.1
Keywords: | Testcase:
Blockedby: 4232 | Difficulty:
Os: Unknown/Multiple | Blocking:
Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Failure: None/Unknown
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Changes (by simonpj):
* blockedby: => 4232
Comment:
If I'm getting this right, overlap is OK if, '''but only if''', the
overlapping instances are all declared in the same module. If they come
in different modules there's a danger that the type checker will rewrite
`(F [Int])` to `Bool` in one place, and to `Char` in another, and that's
unsound. This is to do with soundness, not termination.
We have not implemented the "overlap ok within one module" feature yet.
So it's a feature request, but it's one that I think will be popular.
We'll look at it after the new type checker is working.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/4259#comment:1>
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