On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 07:49:20PM +0200, Tomasz Zielonka wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 05:23:23PM +0200, Phlex wrote:
> > But i don't seem to find a way to get out of this DbIndex type to
> > actually work on the enclosed index.
> >
> > for instance, this doesn't work:
> > liftDbIndex (DbIndex index) fun = DbIndex (fun index)
>
> The compiler probably can't infer higher-ranker types, so you have to
> write you type signature explicitly. Try:
>
> liftDbIndex :: Index_ i2 a2 k2 =>
> (forall a1 k1 i1. Index_ i1 a1 k1 => i1 -> i2) -> DbIndex
> -> DbIndex
Now I think that this type signature will be too restrictive. Ideally, i2, a2
and
k2 would be existentially quantified, like
liftDbIndex :: (forall a1 k1 i1. Index_ i1 a1 k1 => i1 -> (exists. Index_
i2 a2 k2 => i2)) ->
DbIndex -> DbIndex
AFAIK such type isn't supported by any Haskell compiler, so we have to
use the existential quantification from DbIndex:
liftDbIndex :: (forall a1 k1 i1. Index_ i1 a1 k1 => i1 -> DbIndex) ->
DbIndex -> DbIndex
liftDbIndex f (DbIndex i) = f i
Best regards
Tomek
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