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Return signatures in case expressions: msg#00004lang.haskell.glasgow.bugs
Hello, I have read 'Lexically-scoped type variables' by Simon Peyton Jones and Mark Shields. When discussing result signatures, authors mensioned in Section 4.1.2. 'Result signatures': "Result signatures can be used on lambda abstractions and case expressions, as well as function definitions." , but they did not give syntax definitions for those additional cases. The syntax for lambdas is not hard to guess, but not so for cases. So, I browsed GHC documentation and found one example of using a result signature in a case expression (Section 7.4. 'Type system extensions', Subsection 7.4.10.3 'Where a pattern type signature can occur'): "Pattern type signatures, including the result part, can be used in case expressions: case e of { (x::a, y) :: a -> x } ". On the other hand, Subsection 7.4.10.4. 'Result type signatures' does not mention 'the case of case expressions' (sorry for pun). I have tried the above example with GHC 6.2.1 and CVS GHC. Both rejected it: Prelude> :set -fglasgow-exts Prelude> case e of { (x::a, y) :: a -> x } <interactive>:1: parse error on input `}' Prelude> Is this a bug or an abandoned feature? Thanks for the Glorious GHC! V.Rudenko PS. I reported a buglet in CVS GHCi to the cvs-ghc list. The message did not appear in archives. I am repeating it here: GHC, built from recent CVS HEAD, complains: Prelude> :info : Can't find interface-file declaration for GHC.Base.: Probable cause: bug in .hi-boot file, or inconsistent .hi file Use -ddump-if-trace to get an idea of which file caused the error
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