Why does GHC complains on the code below ? (I'll explain in a second a
requirement to do just so)
I get errors with ghc 6.12.1 and 7.0.2.
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{-# LANGUAGE GADTs, TypeFamilies #-}
class CPU cpu where
type CPUFunc cpu
data Expr cpu where
EVar :: String -> Expr cpu
EFunc :: CPU cpu => CPUFunc cpu -> Expr cpu
class CPU cpu => FuncVars cpu where
funcVars :: CPUFunc cpu -> [String]
exprVars :: FuncVars cpu => Expr cpu -> [String]
exprVars (EVar v) = [v]
-- an offending line:
exprVars (EFunc f) = funcVars f
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I tried to split creation and analysis constraints. CPU required for
creation of expressions, FuncVars required for analysis. It all looks
nice but didn't work.
(In our real code EVar is slightly more complicated, featuring "Var
cpu" argument)
It looks like GHC cannot relate parameters "inside" and "outside" of
GADT constructor.
Not that I hesitate to add a method to a CPU class, but I think it is
not the right thing to do. So if I can split my task into two classes,
I will feel better.
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