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| − | GHC comes with a rather large collection of type-system extensions (beyond Haskell 98). They are all documented in the [http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/ghc-language-features.html user manual], but this page is a place to record observations, notes, and suggestions on them. |
+ | GHC comes with a rather large collection of type-system extensions (beyond Haskell 98). They are all documented in the [http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/ghc-language-features.html user manual], but this page is a place to record user-oriented observations, notes, and suggestions on how to use them. |
| + | * [[GHC/Indexed_types|Indexed data types]] |
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| + | * [[GHC/TypeHoles|Agda-like "holes" in GHC]] |
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| − | == Overlapping instances == |
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| + | * [[GHC/TypeSigsAndAmbituity|Type signatures and ambiguity]] |
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| − | GHC supports overlapping instances, with carefully specified rules. Make sure you read the [http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/type-class-extensions.html#instance-decls relevant sections of the user manual]. |
+ | * '''Overlapping instances'''. GHC supports overlapping instances, with carefully specified rules. Make sure you read the [http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/type-class-extensions.html#instance-decls relevant sections of the user manual]. Here is an appliation note about [[GHC/AdvancedOverlap|advanced use of overlapping instances]], combined with functional dependencies. |
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| − | Here is an appliation note about [[GHC/AdvancedOverlap|advanced use of overlapping instances]], combined with functional dependencies. |
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| − | == Indexed data types and indexed newtypes == |
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| − | [[GHC/Indexed_types|Indexed data types]] (including associated data types) are a very recent addition to GHC's type system extensions that is not yet included in the user manual. To use the extension, you need to obtain a version of GHC from [http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/GettingTheSources its source repository]. |
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| − | == Stand-alone deriving clauses == |
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| − | == Type holes == |
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| − | Simon Peyton Jones, Sean Leather and Thijs Alkemade implemented [[GHC/TypeHoles|Agda-like "holes" in GHC]], which will ship in GHC 7.8.1. |
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Revision as of 16:40, 31 October 2012
Type system extensions in GHC
GHC comes with a rather large collection of type-system extensions (beyond Haskell 98). They are all documented in the user manual, but this page is a place to record user-oriented observations, notes, and suggestions on how to use them.
* Indexed data types * Agda-like "holes" in GHC * "stand-alone deriving" declarations * Type signatures and ambiguity * Overlapping instances. GHC supports overlapping instances, with carefully specified rules. Make sure you read the relevant sections of the user manual. Here is an appliation note about advanced use of overlapping instances, combined with functional dependencies.