Proposal: add -XPolyKinds to Data.Monoid

[adam vogt]

The example works with ghc-7.6.3. It looks like
https://github.com/ghc/ghc/commit/1d1ff77aaa09efaddc8cfe0dcf92d6763297cf11
is to blame.

On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Carl Howells <chowells79 at gmail.com> wrote:
> At the moment, the Monoid instance for Data.Proxy.Proxy is only
> defined for types with kind *.
>
>     Prelude Data.Proxy Data.Monoid> (Proxy :: Proxy String) <> Proxy
>     Proxy
>     Prelude Data.Proxy Data.Monoid> :set -XDataKinds
>     Prelude Data.Proxy Data.Monoid> (Proxy :: Proxy 5) <> Proxy
>
>     <interactive>:8:20:
>         No instance for (Monoid (Proxy 5)) arising from a use of ‘<>’
>         In the expression: (Proxy :: Proxy 5) <> Proxy
>         In an equation for ‘it’: it = (Proxy :: Proxy 5) <> Proxy
>
> Enabling -XPolyKinds while compiling the Data.Monoid module is the
> only change necessary to make the Monoid instance for Proxy polykinded
> like Proxy itself is. I don't believe adding a language pragma would
> have any other effect on that module, and I believe the only effect of
> changing that instance would be allowing more correct programs to
> compile.
>
> This is my first proposal to this list, so I'm starting with something
> that I hope isn't controversial. Let me know if I should do anything
> different procedurally in future proposals.
>
> Thanks.
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