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Mismatched contexts: msg#00000

lang.haskell.glasgow.bugs

Subject: Mismatched contexts

Hello,

I observed the following behavior on GHC-6.0.1 and CVS HEAD.
With -fglasgow-exts the following program


data Functions =
Functions { f1, f2 :: Integral a => a -> a }

functions :: Functions
functions =
Functions { f1 = (\x -> x),
f2 = f2b
}

f2a, f2b :: Integral a => a -> a

f2a = f1 functions
f2b x = x


is accepted by GHC, but if I change
f2 = f2b
to
f2 = f2a
in the definition of `functions', GHC says

Mismatched contexts
When matching the contexts of the signatures for
functions :: Functions
f2a :: forall a. (Integral a) => a -> a
The signature contexts in a mutually recursive group
should all be identical
When generalising the type(s) for functions, f2a

(This can be "fixed", as I found out, by adding a dummy type
variable to the Functions data type:

data Functions dummy = ...
functions :: Integral dummy => Functions dummy
)

I don't understand why the contexts must be identical in mutually recursive
definitions. `f2a' should have the right type, since it is explicitly
declared to have the same type as `f2b'. Is GHC wrong here, or am I
misunderstanding something?

Regards,
Armin


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