(from thread:
http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/beginners/2013-October/012703.html)
Why type inference can't resolve this code?
> {-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes, ConstraintKinds #-}
>
> bar :: (Num a, Num b) => (forall c. Num c => c -> c) -> Either a b ->
Either a b
> bar f (Left a) = Left (f a)
> bar f (Right b) = Right (f b)
>
> bar' = bar (+ 2) -- This compiles ok
>
> foo :: (tc a, tc b) => (forall c. tc c => c -> c) -> Either a b -> Either
a b
> foo f (Left a) = Left (f a)
> foo f (Right b) = Right (f b)
>
> foo' = foo (+ 2) -- This doesn't compile because foo' does not typecheck
>
> -- Kim-Ee pointed out that this works:
> type F tc a b = (tc a, tc b) => (forall c. tc c => c -> c) -> Either a b
-> Either a b
> foo' = (foo :: F Num a b) (+2)
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