Re: Fwd: UNPACK Existential datatype
Very strange, I was referring to: git show 1d32a8503c2ebfab2bbdb696fe65dd0823d1ed27 commit 1d32a8503c2ebfab2bbdb696fe65dd0823d1ed27 Author: Simon Peyton Jones Date: Mon Dec 1 17:07:48 2014 + Fix parser for UNPACK pragmas {-# NOUNPACK #-} {-# NOUNPACK #-} ! were being parsed the same way. The former was wrong. Thanks to Alan Zimmerman for pointing this out diff --git a/compiler/parser/Parser.y b/compiler/parser/Parser.y index e3f82ce..c7143ae 100644 --- a/compiler/parser/Parser.y +++ b/compiler/parser/Parser.y @@ -1350,11 +1350,11 @@ sigtypes1 :: { (OrdList (LHsType RdrName)) } -- Always HsForAllTys -- Types strict_mark :: { Located ([AddAnn],HsBang) } -: '!'{ sL1 $1 ([],HsUserBang Nothing True) } -| '{-# UNPACK' '#-}' { sLL $1 $> ([mo $1,mc $2],HsUserBang (Just True) False) } -| '{-# NOUNPACK' '#-}' { sLL $1 $> ([mo $1,mc $2],HsUserBang (Just False) True) } -| '{-# UNPACK' '#-}' '!' { sLL $1 $> ([mo $1,mc $2],HsUserBang (Just True) True) } -| '{-# NOUNPACK' '#-}' '!' { sLL $1 $> ([mo $1,mc $2],HsUserBang (Just False) True) } +: '!'{ sL1 $1([], HsUserBang Nothing True) } +| '{-# UNPACK' '#-}' { sLL $1 $> ([mo $1,mc $2], HsUserBang (Just True) False) } +| '{-# NOUNPACK' '#-}' { sLL $1 $> ([mo $1,mc $2], HsUserBang (Just False) False) } +| '{-# UNPACK' '#-}' '!' { sLL $1 $> ([mo $1,mc $2], HsUserBang (Just True) True) } +| '{-# NOUNPACK' '#-}' '!' { sLL $1 $> ([mo $1,mc $2], HsUserBang (Just False) True) } -- Although UNPACK with no '!' is illegal, we get a -- better error message if we parse it here I'm not sure that is there were no other commits that that are related to the issue. TBH, I can't see warnings for this example program that was mentioned in this thread using GHC-HEAD, but having either `{-# UNPACK #-} !` or `!` or `{-# UNPACK #-}` do not change core output, regardless whether -fno-unbox-small-strict-fields or -fno-unbox-strict-fields provided or not. On 23 January 2015 at 11:59, Roman Cheplyaka wrote: > I did. The rest is whitespace; @git show -w 1d32a85@ shows only one > changed line (NOUNPACK). > > On 23/01/15 10:53, Alexander V Vershilov wrote: >> Please take a took at that commit, UNPACK was also handled there, >> despite commit message do not explicitly state this. >> >> On Jan 23, 2015 11:49 AM, "Roman Cheplyaka" > <mailto:r...@ro-che.info>> wrote: >> >> How is parsing of the *NOUNPACK* pragma relevant here? >> >> On 23/01/15 10:45, Alexander V Vershilov wrote: >> > Hi. >> > >> > As far as I understand it was fixed as: >> > >> > commit 1d32a8503c2ebfab2bbdb696fe65dd0823d1ed27 >> > Author: Simon Peyton Jones > <mailto:simo...@microsoft.com>> >> > Date: Mon Dec 1 17:07:48 2014 + >> > >> > Fix parser for UNPACK pragmas >> > >> >{-# NOUNPACK #-} >> >{-# NOUNPACK #-} ! >> > were being parsed the same way. The former was wrong. >> > >> > Thanks to Alan Zimmerman for pointing this out >> > >> > >> > So it will fix is in 7.10. And I can't reproduce this anymore on >> > ghc-HEAD. >> > >> > >> > On 20 January 2015 at 17:35, Roman Cheplyaka > <mailto:r...@ro-che.info>> wrote: >> >> Interesting question. I managed to trace this to: >> >> >> >> compiler/basicTypes/MkId.hs:699 >> >> >> >> isUnpackableType fam_envs ty >> >> | Just (tc, _) <- splitTyConApp_maybe ty >> >> , Just con <- tyConSingleAlgDataCon_maybe tc >> >> , isVanillaDataCon con >> >> = ok_con_args (unitNameSet (getName tc)) con >> >> | otherwise >> >> = False >> >> >> >> where isVanillaDataCon is defined as: >> >> >> >> dcVanilla :: Bool, >> >> -- True <=> This is a vanilla Haskell 98 data constructor >> >> -- Its type is of form >> >> -- forall a1..an . t1 -> ... tm -> T a1..an >> >> -- No existentials, no coercions, nothing. &g
Re: Fwd: UNPACK Existential datatype
Please take a took at that commit, UNPACK was also handled there, despite commit message do not explicitly state this. On Jan 23, 2015 11:49 AM, "Roman Cheplyaka" wrote: > How is parsing of the *NOUNPACK* pragma relevant here? > > On 23/01/15 10:45, Alexander V Vershilov wrote: > > Hi. > > > > As far as I understand it was fixed as: > > > > commit 1d32a8503c2ebfab2bbdb696fe65dd0823d1ed27 > > Author: Simon Peyton Jones > > Date: Mon Dec 1 17:07:48 2014 + > > > > Fix parser for UNPACK pragmas > > > >{-# NOUNPACK #-} > >{-# NOUNPACK #-} ! > > were being parsed the same way. The former was wrong. > > > > Thanks to Alan Zimmerman for pointing this out > > > > > > So it will fix is in 7.10. And I can't reproduce this anymore on > > ghc-HEAD. > > > > > > On 20 January 2015 at 17:35, Roman Cheplyaka wrote: > >> Interesting question. I managed to trace this to: > >> > >> compiler/basicTypes/MkId.hs:699 > >> > >> isUnpackableType fam_envs ty > >> | Just (tc, _) <- splitTyConApp_maybe ty > >> , Just con <- tyConSingleAlgDataCon_maybe tc > >> , isVanillaDataCon con > >> = ok_con_args (unitNameSet (getName tc)) con > >> | otherwise > >> = False > >> > >> where isVanillaDataCon is defined as: > >> > >> dcVanilla :: Bool, > >> -- True <=> This is a vanilla Haskell 98 data constructor > >> -- Its type is of form > >> -- forall a1..an . t1 -> ... tm -> T a1..an > >> -- No existentials, no coercions, nothing. > >> > >> There's no explanation why this limitation is introduced; it might be > >> just a conservative one. > >> > >> On 20/01/15 15:08, Nicholas Clarke wrote: > >>> I'd like to be able to use the UNPACK pragma on an existentially > >>> quantified datatype. So as in the below example: > >>> > >>> {-# LANGUAGE ExistentialQuantification #-} > >>> > >>> data Foo = forall a. Show a => Foo !a > >>> instance Show Foo where > >>> show (Foo a) = "Foo! " ++ show a > >>> > >>> data Bar = > >>> Bar {-# UNPACK #-} !Foo > >>> deriving (Show) > >>> > >>> main :: IO () > >>> main = do > >>> let foo = Foo "Hello" > >>> bar = Bar foo > >>> print bar > >>> > >>> I would expect the `Foo` constructor to be unpacked into Bar, as if I > >>> had written: > >>> > >>> data Bar = forall a. Show a => Bar !a > >>> > >>> However, instead I get the 'Ignoring unusable UNPACK pragma on the > first > >>> argument of ‘Bar’' warning. Is there a reason this shouldn't work, or a > >>> workaround to get it to do so? > >> > >> ___ > >> Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list > >> Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org > >> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users > > > > > > > > ___ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
Re: Fwd: UNPACK Existential datatype
Hi. As far as I understand it was fixed as: commit 1d32a8503c2ebfab2bbdb696fe65dd0823d1ed27 Author: Simon Peyton Jones Date: Mon Dec 1 17:07:48 2014 + Fix parser for UNPACK pragmas {-# NOUNPACK #-} {-# NOUNPACK #-} ! were being parsed the same way. The former was wrong. Thanks to Alan Zimmerman for pointing this out So it will fix is in 7.10. And I can't reproduce this anymore on ghc-HEAD. On 20 January 2015 at 17:35, Roman Cheplyaka wrote: > Interesting question. I managed to trace this to: > > compiler/basicTypes/MkId.hs:699 > > isUnpackableType fam_envs ty > | Just (tc, _) <- splitTyConApp_maybe ty > , Just con <- tyConSingleAlgDataCon_maybe tc > , isVanillaDataCon con > = ok_con_args (unitNameSet (getName tc)) con > | otherwise > = False > > where isVanillaDataCon is defined as: > > dcVanilla :: Bool, > -- True <=> This is a vanilla Haskell 98 data constructor > -- Its type is of form > -- forall a1..an . t1 -> ... tm -> T a1..an > -- No existentials, no coercions, nothing. > > There's no explanation why this limitation is introduced; it might be > just a conservative one. > > On 20/01/15 15:08, Nicholas Clarke wrote: >> I'd like to be able to use the UNPACK pragma on an existentially >> quantified datatype. So as in the below example: >> >> {-# LANGUAGE ExistentialQuantification #-} >> >> data Foo = forall a. Show a => Foo !a >> instance Show Foo where >> show (Foo a) = "Foo! " ++ show a >> >> data Bar = >> Bar {-# UNPACK #-} !Foo >> deriving (Show) >> >> main :: IO () >> main = do >> let foo = Foo "Hello" >> bar = Bar foo >> print bar >> >> I would expect the `Foo` constructor to be unpacked into Bar, as if I >> had written: >> >> data Bar = forall a. Show a => Bar !a >> >> However, instead I get the 'Ignoring unusable UNPACK pragma on the first >> argument of ‘Bar’' warning. Is there a reason this shouldn't work, or a >> workaround to get it to do so? > > ___ > Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list > Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users -- Alexander ___ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
Re: Proving properties of type-level natural numbers obtained from user input
Richard, Ranjit, Thanks for providing your solutions. -- Alexander. On 8 December 2014 at 21:45, Ranjit Jhala wrote: > Dear Alexander, > > FWIW, this sort of thing is quite straightforward with LiquidHaskell: > > http://goto.ucsd.edu:8090/index.html#?demo=permalink%2F1418064183.hs > > or, the code below: > > - > > {-@ LIQUID "--no-termination" @-} > > module Nat255 where > > -- | Define a predicate for valid integers > > {-@ predicate IsValid X = 0 <= X && X < 255 @-} > > -- | Use the predicate to define a refinement type (subset) of valid > integers > > {-@ type Valid = {v:Int | IsValid v}@-} > > -- | A function that checks whether a given Int is indeed valid > > {-@ isValid :: n:Int -> {v:Bool | Prop v <=> IsValid n} @-} > isValid n = 0 <= n && n < (255 :: Int) > > -- | A function that can only be called with Valid Ints. > > {-@ workWithValidNumber :: Valid -> IO () @-} > workWithValidNumber n = putStrLn $ "This is a valid number" ++ show (n :: > Int) > > -- | This is fine... > ok= workWithValidNumber 12 > > -- | ... But this is not. > notOk = workWithValidNumber 257 > > -- | Finally the top level loop that inputs a number, tests it > -- and calls `workWithValidNumber` if the number is valid. > > loop = do putStrLn "Enter Number between 0 and 255" > n <- readLn :: IO Int > if isValid n > then workWithValidNumber n > else putStrLn "Humph, bad input, try again!" >> loop > -- Alexander ___ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
Re: Proving properties of type-level natural numbers obtained from user input
Hi, Richard Can you give some ideas or where to read how to properly use signletons and unary naturals in order to be able to express such constraints? Thanks -- Alexander On 30 November 2014 at 23:26, Richard Eisenberg wrote: > Hi Alexander, > > Nice idea to test against the set of known values. That's more type-safe than > anything I've thought of. I agree that it's a bit of a painful construction, > but I don't think we can do better with type-lits, as there is limited > reasoning ability that GHC can manage. If you want to switch to unary > naturals (`data Nat = Zero | Succ Nat`), then this can be built somewhat > nicely with singletons and without unsafeCoerce. But, of course, unary > naturals are very slow. > > By the way, the bug in the Proof2 version is a bug in GHC 7.8.3 (only in .3 > -- not in .2 or in the soon-to-be .4) that allows you to write unsaturated > type families that don't work. Saying `LessThan255` without a parameter > should be a syntax error, but that check was accidentally turned off for > 7.8.3, leading to a bogus type error. > > Thanks for sharing this work! > Richard > > On Nov 28, 2014, at 5:27 PM, Alexander V Vershilov > wrote: > >> Hi, Bas, Richard. >> >> I've played a bit with example, obvously first approach contained bugs, >> but seems that I have fixed it and here I have 2 approaches, one uses >> unsafeCoerce (as Richard suggested) another is safe but with bad complexity: >> >> Full file is quite big, so I'm not inlining it in mail, but here is a link: >> >> https://github.com/qnikst/haskell-fun/blob/master/typelevel-literals/Proof.lhs >> >> I wonder how far it's possible to go with singletons approach that I have >> not tried yet. >> >> -- >> Alexander >> >> On 26 November 2014 at 10:15, Bas van Dijk wrote: >>> Hi Alexander, >>> >>> Thanks for your answer! This provides a lot of ideas how to proceed. >>> >>> I'm unsure about the following though: >>> >>>> lessThen :: KnownNat m => SomeNat -> Proxy m -> Maybe (Proof (n <= m) >>>> (Proxy n)) >>>> lessThen (SomeNat p) k >>>> | natVal p <= natVal k = Just (Proof $ Tagged (Proxy :: Proxy n)) >>>> | otherwise = Nothing >>> >>> Doesn't this mean lessThen returns a Proxy n for all (n :: Nat) and >>> not just the Nat inside the SomeNat? >>> >>> I also see that p is only used for comparing it to k. It's not used to >>> produce the return value. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Bas >>> >>> On 25 November 2014 at 19:55, Alexander V Vershilov >>> wrote: >>>> Hi, Richard, Bas. >>>> >>>> Maybe I didn't spell it properly but my point was to create a data >>>> type that carry a proof >>>> without exposing it's constructor and having clever constructor only, >>>> then the only place >>>> where you need to check will be that constructor. >>>> >>>> Also it's possible to write in slightly clearer, but again it's >>>> possible to make a mistake here >>>> and it will be a false proof. >>>> >>>>> lessThen :: KnownNat m => SomeNat -> Proxy m -> Maybe (Proof (n <= m) >>>>> (Proxy n)) >>>>> lessThen (SomeNat p) k >>>>> | natVal p <= natVal k = Just (Proof $ Tagged (Proxy :: Proxy n)) >>>>> | otherwise = Nothing >>>> >>>> Of cause solution using singletons could solve this problem much better. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Alexander >>>> >>>> On 25 November 2014 at 21:34, Richard Eisenberg wrote: >>>>> Hi Bas, >>>>> >>>>> I believe to do this "right", you would need singleton types. Then, when >>>>> you discover that the number is bounded by 255, you would also discover >>>>> that the type is bounded by 255, and you'd be home free. >>>>> >>>>> Unfortunately, I there isn't currently a way to do comparison on >>>>> GHC.TypeLits Nats with singletons. (There is a module >>>>> Data.Singletons.TypeLits in the `singletons` package, but there's a >>>>> comment telling me TODO in the part where comparison should be >>>>> implemented.) If it were implemented, it would have to use unsafeCoerce, >>>>> as there's no built-in mechanism connectin
Re: Proving properties of type-level natural numbers obtained from user input
Hi, Bas, Richard. I've played a bit with example, obvously first approach contained bugs, but seems that I have fixed it and here I have 2 approaches, one uses unsafeCoerce (as Richard suggested) another is safe but with bad complexity: Full file is quite big, so I'm not inlining it in mail, but here is a link: https://github.com/qnikst/haskell-fun/blob/master/typelevel-literals/Proof.lhs I wonder how far it's possible to go with singletons approach that I have not tried yet. -- Alexander On 26 November 2014 at 10:15, Bas van Dijk wrote: > Hi Alexander, > > Thanks for your answer! This provides a lot of ideas how to proceed. > > I'm unsure about the following though: > >> lessThen :: KnownNat m => SomeNat -> Proxy m -> Maybe (Proof (n <= m) (Proxy >> n)) >> lessThen (SomeNat p) k >>| natVal p <= natVal k = Just (Proof $ Tagged (Proxy :: Proxy n)) >>| otherwise = Nothing > > Doesn't this mean lessThen returns a Proxy n for all (n :: Nat) and > not just the Nat inside the SomeNat? > > I also see that p is only used for comparing it to k. It's not used to > produce the return value. > > Cheers, > > Bas > > On 25 November 2014 at 19:55, Alexander V Vershilov > wrote: >> Hi, Richard, Bas. >> >> Maybe I didn't spell it properly but my point was to create a data >> type that carry a proof >> without exposing it's constructor and having clever constructor only, >> then the only place >> where you need to check will be that constructor. >> >> Also it's possible to write in slightly clearer, but again it's >> possible to make a mistake here >> and it will be a false proof. >> >>> lessThen :: KnownNat m => SomeNat -> Proxy m -> Maybe (Proof (n <= m) >>> (Proxy n)) >>> lessThen (SomeNat p) k >>>| natVal p <= natVal k = Just (Proof $ Tagged (Proxy :: Proxy n)) >>>| otherwise = Nothing >> >> Of cause solution using singletons could solve this problem much better. >> >> -- >> Alexander >> >> On 25 November 2014 at 21:34, Richard Eisenberg wrote: >>> Hi Bas, >>> >>> I believe to do this "right", you would need singleton types. Then, when >>> you discover that the number is bounded by 255, you would also discover >>> that the type is bounded by 255, and you'd be home free. >>> >>> Unfortunately, I there isn't currently a way to do comparison on >>> GHC.TypeLits Nats with singletons. (There is a module >>> Data.Singletons.TypeLits in the `singletons` package, but there's a comment >>> telling me TODO in the part where comparison should be implemented.) If it >>> were implemented, it would have to use unsafeCoerce, as there's no built-in >>> mechanism connecting runtime numbers with TypeLits. >>> >>> If I were you, I would just write `g` using unsafeCoerce in the right spot, >>> instead of bothering with all the singletons, which would have to use >>> unsafety anyway. >>> >>> The solution Alexander provides below doesn't quite build a proof, I think. >>> Tellingly, if we omit the `natVal p <= 255` check, everything else still >>> compiles. Thus, the `Proof` type he uses can be built even if the fact >>> proven is false. That said, I don't know if my solution is any better, >>> crucially relying on unsafeCoerce. >>> >>> Richard >>> >>> On Nov 25, 2014, at 4:52 AM, Alexander V Vershilov >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Following approach can work, the idea is to define a type that will >>>> carry a proof (constraint) that we want to check. Here I have reused >>>> Data.Tagged, but it's possible to introduce your own with concrete >>>> constraints. >>>> >>>>> {-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-} >>>>> {-# LANGUAGE GADTs #-} >>>>> {-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators #-} >>>>> {-# LANGUAGE KindSignatures #-} >>>>> {-# LANGUAGE PolyKinds #-} >>>>> {-# LANGUAGE UndecidableInstances #-} >>>>> import GHC.TypeLits >>>>> import GHC.Exts >>>>> import Data.Proxy >>>>> import Data.Tagged >>>>> import System.Environment >>>> >>>> New constraint carrying data type >>>> >>>>> newtype Proof a b = Proof { unProof :: Tagged a b } >>>> >>>> Runtime check for unknown naturals >>>>
Re: Proving properties of type-level natural numbers obtained from user input
Hi, Richard, Bas. Maybe I didn't spell it properly but my point was to create a data type that carry a proof without exposing it's constructor and having clever constructor only, then the only place where you need to check will be that constructor. Also it's possible to write in slightly clearer, but again it's possible to make a mistake here and it will be a false proof. > lessThen :: KnownNat m => SomeNat -> Proxy m -> Maybe (Proof (n <= m) (Proxy > n)) > lessThen (SomeNat p) k >| natVal p <= natVal k = Just (Proof $ Tagged (Proxy :: Proxy n)) >| otherwise = Nothing Of cause solution using singletons could solve this problem much better. -- Alexander On 25 November 2014 at 21:34, Richard Eisenberg wrote: > Hi Bas, > > I believe to do this "right", you would need singleton types. Then, when you > discover that the number is bounded by 255, you would also discover that the > type is bounded by 255, and you'd be home free. > > Unfortunately, I there isn't currently a way to do comparison on GHC.TypeLits > Nats with singletons. (There is a module Data.Singletons.TypeLits in the > `singletons` package, but there's a comment telling me TODO in the part where > comparison should be implemented.) If it were implemented, it would have to > use unsafeCoerce, as there's no built-in mechanism connecting runtime numbers > with TypeLits. > > If I were you, I would just write `g` using unsafeCoerce in the right spot, > instead of bothering with all the singletons, which would have to use > unsafety anyway. > > The solution Alexander provides below doesn't quite build a proof, I think. > Tellingly, if we omit the `natVal p <= 255` check, everything else still > compiles. Thus, the `Proof` type he uses can be built even if the fact proven > is false. That said, I don't know if my solution is any better, crucially > relying on unsafeCoerce. > > Richard > > On Nov 25, 2014, at 4:52 AM, Alexander V Vershilov > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Following approach can work, the idea is to define a type that will >> carry a proof (constraint) that we want to check. Here I have reused >> Data.Tagged, but it's possible to introduce your own with concrete >> constraints. >> >>> {-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-} >>> {-# LANGUAGE GADTs #-} >>> {-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators #-} >>> {-# LANGUAGE KindSignatures #-} >>> {-# LANGUAGE PolyKinds #-} >>> {-# LANGUAGE UndecidableInstances #-} >>> import GHC.TypeLits >>> import GHC.Exts >>> import Data.Proxy >>> import Data.Tagged >>> import System.Environment >> >> New constraint carrying data type >> >>> newtype Proof a b = Proof { unProof :: Tagged a b } >> >> Runtime check for unknown naturals >> >>> fromSome :: SomeNat -> Maybe (Proof (n <= 255) (Proxy n)) >>> fromSome (SomeNat p) >>> | natVal p <= 255 = Just (Proof $ Tagged (Proxy :: Proxy n)) >>> | otherwise = Nothing >> >> Compiletime converter for known naturals >> >>> fromKnown :: (KnownNat n, n <= 255) => Proxy n -> Proof (n <= 255) (Proxy >>> n) >>> fromKnown n = Proof $ Tagged n >> >> Function to test: >> >>> f2 :: (c ~ (n <= 255)) => Proof c (Proxy n) -> () >>> f2 _ = () >> >> Example of use: >> >>> main :: IO () >>> main = do >>>[arg] <- getArgs >>>let n = read arg :: Integer >>> >>>case someNatVal n of >>> Nothing -> error "Input is not a natural number!" >>> Just sn -> case fromSome sn of >>> Just p -> return $ f2 p >>> _ -> error "Input if larger than 255" >> >> >> On 25 November 2014 at 10:51, Bas van Dijk wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have another type-level programming related question: >>> >>>> {-# LANGUAGE GADTs #-} >>>> {-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators #-} >>>> {-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-} >>>> {-# LANGUAGE KindSignatures #-} >>>> >>>> import GHC.TypeLits >>> >>> Say I have a Proxy p of some type-level natural number: >>> >>>> p :: forall (n :: Nat). Proxy n >>>> p = Proxy >>> >>> Imagine I get p from user input like this: >>> >>>> main :: IO () >>>> main = do >>>>[arg] <- getArgs >>>>let n = read arg :: Integer >>>> >>>&
Re: Proving properties of type-level natural numbers obtained from user input
Hi, Following approach can work, the idea is to define a type that will carry a proof (constraint) that we want to check. Here I have reused Data.Tagged, but it's possible to introduce your own with concrete constraints. > {-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-} > {-# LANGUAGE GADTs #-} > {-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators #-} > {-# LANGUAGE KindSignatures #-} > {-# LANGUAGE PolyKinds #-} > {-# LANGUAGE UndecidableInstances #-} > import GHC.TypeLits > import GHC.Exts > import Data.Proxy > import Data.Tagged > import System.Environment New constraint carrying data type > newtype Proof a b = Proof { unProof :: Tagged a b } Runtime check for unknown naturals > fromSome :: SomeNat -> Maybe (Proof (n <= 255) (Proxy n)) > fromSome (SomeNat p) >| natVal p <= 255 = Just (Proof $ Tagged (Proxy :: Proxy n)) >| otherwise = Nothing Compiletime converter for known naturals > fromKnown :: (KnownNat n, n <= 255) => Proxy n -> Proof (n <= 255) (Proxy n) > fromKnown n = Proof $ Tagged n Function to test: > f2 :: (c ~ (n <= 255)) => Proof c (Proxy n) -> () > f2 _ = () Example of use: > main :: IO () > main = do > [arg] <- getArgs > let n = read arg :: Integer > > case someNatVal n of > Nothing -> error "Input is not a natural number!" > Just sn -> case fromSome sn of >Just p -> return $ f2 p >_ -> error "Input if larger than 255" On 25 November 2014 at 10:51, Bas van Dijk wrote: > Hi, > > I have another type-level programming related question: > >> {-# LANGUAGE GADTs #-} >> {-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators #-} >> {-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-} >> {-# LANGUAGE KindSignatures #-} >> >> import GHC.TypeLits > > Say I have a Proxy p of some type-level natural number: > >> p :: forall (n :: Nat). Proxy n >> p = Proxy > > Imagine I get p from user input like this: > >> main :: IO () >> main = do >> [arg] <- getArgs >> let n = read arg :: Integer >> >> case someNatVal n of >> Nothing -> error "Input is not a natural number!" >> Just (SomeNat (p :: Proxy n)) -> ... > > I also have a function f which takes a proxy of a natural number but > it has the additional constraint that the number should be lesser than > or equal to 255: > >> f :: forall (n :: Nat). (n <= 255) => proxy n -> () >> f _ = () > > How do I apply f to p? > > Obviously, applying it directly gives the type error: > >> f p > :179:1: > Couldn't match expected type ‘'True’ with actual type ‘n0 <=? 255’ > The type variable ‘n0’ is ambiguous > In the expression: f p > In an equation for ‘it’: it = f p > > I imagine I somehow need to construct some Proof object using a function g > like: > >> g :: forall (n :: Nat). proxy n -> Proof >> g _ = ... > > Where the Proof constructor encapsulates the (n <= 255) constraint: > >> data Proof where >> NoProof :: Proof >> Proof :: forall (n :: Nat). (n <= 255) >> => Proxy n -> Proof > > With g in hand I can construct c which patterns matches on g p and > when there's a Proof the (n <= 255) constraint will be in scope which > allows applying f to p: > >> c :: () >> c = case g p of >> NoProof -> error "Input is bigger than 255!" >> Proof p -> f p > > But how do I define g? > > Cheers, > > Bas > ___ > Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list > Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users -- Alexander ___ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users