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A type checker plugin for GHC that can derive "complex" KnownNat
constraints from other simple/variable KnownNat constraints. i.e. without
this plugin, you must have both a KnownNat n and a KnownNat (n+2)
constraint in the type signature of the following function:
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f :: forall n . (KnownNat n, KnownNat (n+2)) => Proxy n -> Integer
f _ = natVal (Proxy :: Proxy n) + natVal (Proxy :: Proxy (n+2))
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Using the plugin you can omit the KnownNat (n+2) constraint:
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f :: forall n . KnownNat n => Proxy n -> Integer
f _ = natVal (Proxy :: Proxy n) + natVal (Proxy :: Proxy (n+2))
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The plugin can derive KnownNat constraints for types consisting of:
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* Type variables, when there is a corresponding KnownNat constraint
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* Type-level naturals
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* Applications of the arithmetic expression: +,-,*,^
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* Type functions, when there is either:
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1. a matching given KnownNat constraint; or
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2. a corresponding KnownNat instance for the type function
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To use the plugin, add the
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OPTIONS_GHC -fplugin GHC.TypeLits.KnownNat.Solver
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Pragma to the header of your file.
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This package provides the documentation for a library for the Haskell
programming language.
See http://www.haskell.org/ for more information on Haskell.