On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:26:46PM +0200, S. Doaitse Swierstra wrote: > The GHC manual already for quite a number of version states: > > • Arrow notation (see Section 7.17, “Arrow notation ”) uses whatever > arr, (>>>), first, app, (|||) and loop functions are in scope. > But unlike the other constructs, the types of these functions must > match the Prelude types very closely. Details are in flux; if you want to use > this, ask! > > When using this feature we get the error: > > "Var/Type length mismatch: > [s{tv aVL} [tv]] > [] > ghc: panic! (the 'impossible' happened) > (GHC version 7.8.3 for x86_64-apple-darwin): > tcTyVarDetails s{tv aVL} [tv] > > Please report this as a GHC bug: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug" > > So our question is whether we should really report this as a bug, and/or what > we can do about this.
It already has a bug entry: #7828. What would help is to know the kind of use you have in mind, to see whether it fits with the proposed solution. _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users