+kcHsTyVars tvs = mappM kcHsTyVar tvs
+
+newNamedKindVar name = newKindVar `thenM` \ kind ->
+ returnM (name, kind)
+
+---------------------------
+kcLiftedType :: RenamedHsType -> TcM Kind
+ -- The type ty must be a *lifted* *type*
+kcLiftedType ty = kcHsType ty `thenM` \ act_kind ->
+ checkExpectedKind (ppr ty) act_kind liftedTypeKind
+
+---------------------------
+kcTypeType :: RenamedHsType -> TcM ()
+ -- The type ty must be a *type*, but it can be lifted or unlifted.
+kcTypeType ty
+ = kcHsType ty `thenM` \ kind ->
+ if isTypeKind kind then
+ return ()
+ else
+ newOpenTypeKind `thenM` \ exp_kind ->
+ checkExpectedKind (ppr ty) kind exp_kind `thenM_`
+ returnM ()
+
+---------------------------
+kcHsSigType, kcHsLiftedSigType :: RenamedHsType -> TcM ()
+ -- Used for type signatures
+kcHsSigType ty = kcTypeType ty
+kcHsSigTypes tys = mappM_ kcHsSigType tys
+kcHsLiftedSigType ty = kcLiftedType ty `thenM_` returnM ()
+
+---------------------------
+kcHsType :: RenamedHsType -> TcM TcKind
+-- kcHsType *returns* the kind of the type, rather than taking an expected
+-- kind as argument as tcExpr does. Reason: the kind of (->) is
+-- forall bx1 bx2. Type bx1 -> Type bx2 -> Type Boxed
+-- so we'd need to generate huge numbers of bx variables.
+
+kcHsType (HsTyVar name) = kcTyVar name
+kcHsType (HsListTy ty) = kcLiftedType ty
+kcHsType (HsPArrTy ty) = kcLiftedType ty
+kcHsType (HsParTy ty) = kcHsType ty -- Skip parentheses markers
+kcHsType (HsNumTy _) = returnM liftedTypeKind -- The unit type for generics
+kcHsType (HsKindSig ty k) = kcHsType ty `thenM` \ act_kind ->
+ checkExpectedKind (ppr ty) act_kind k
+
+kcHsType (HsTupleTy (HsTupCon boxity _) tys)
+ = mappM kcTypeType tys `thenM_`
+ returnM (case boxity of
+ Boxed -> liftedTypeKind
+ Unboxed -> unliftedTypeKind)
+
+kcHsType (HsFunTy ty1 ty2)
+ = kcTypeType ty1 `thenM_`
+ kcTypeType ty2 `thenM_`
+ returnM liftedTypeKind
+
+kcHsType (HsOpTy ty1 HsArrow ty2)
+ = kcTypeType ty1 `thenM_`
+ kcTypeType ty2 `thenM_`
+ returnM liftedTypeKind
+
+kcHsType ty@(HsOpTy ty1 op_ty@(HsTyOp op) ty2)
+ = addErrCtxt (appKindCtxt (ppr ty)) $
+ kcTyVar op `thenM` \ op_kind ->
+ kcApps (ppr op_ty) op_kind [ty1,ty2]
+
+kcHsType (HsPredTy pred)
+ = kcHsPred pred `thenM_`
+ returnM liftedTypeKind
+
+kcHsType ty@(HsAppTy ty1 ty2)
+ = addErrCtxt (appKindCtxt (ppr ty)) $
+ kc_app ty []
+ where
+ kc_app (HsAppTy f a) as = kc_app f (a:as)
+ kc_app f as = kcHsType f `thenM` \ fk ->
+ kcApps (ppr f) fk as
+
+kcHsType (HsForAllTy (Just tv_names) context ty)
+ = kcHsTyVars tv_names `thenM` \ kind_env ->
+ tcExtendKindEnv kind_env $
+ kcHsContext context `thenM_`
+ kcLiftedType ty
+ -- The body of a forall must be of kind *
+ -- In principle, I suppose, we could allow unlifted types,
+ -- but it seems simpler to stick to lifted types for now.
+
+---------------------------
+kcApps :: SDoc -- The function
+ -> TcKind -- Function kind
+ -> [RenamedHsType] -- Arg types
+ -> TcM TcKind -- Result kind
+kcApps pp_fun fun_kind args
+ = go fun_kind args
+ where
+ go fk [] = returnM fk
+ go fk (ty:tys) = unifyFunKind fk `thenM` \ mb_fk ->
+ case mb_fk of {
+ Nothing -> failWithTc too_few_args ;
+ Just (ak',fk') ->
+ kcHsType ty `thenM` \ ak ->
+ checkExpectedKind (ppr ty) ak ak' `thenM_`
+ go fk' tys }
+
+ too_few_args = ptext SLIT("Kind error:") <+> quotes pp_fun <+>
+ ptext SLIT("is applied to too many type arguments")
+
+---------------------------
+-- We would like to get a decent error message from
+-- (a) Under-applied type constructors
+-- f :: (Maybe, Maybe)
+-- (b) Over-applied type constructors
+-- f :: Int x -> Int x
+--
+
+checkExpectedKind :: SDoc -> TcKind -> TcKind -> TcM TcKind
+-- A fancy wrapper for 'unifyKind', which tries to give
+-- decent error messages.
+-- Returns the same kind that it is passed, exp_kind
+checkExpectedKind pp_ty act_kind exp_kind
+ | act_kind `eqKind` exp_kind -- Short cut for a very common case
+ = returnM exp_kind