+@subFunTy@ and @unifyFunTy@ is used to avoid the fruitless
+creation of type variables.
+
+* subFunTy is used when we might be faced with a "hole" type variable,
+ in which case we should create two new holes.
+
+* unifyFunTy is used when we expect to encounter only "ordinary"
+ type variables, so we should create new ordinary type variables
+
+\begin{code}
+subFunTys :: [pat]
+ -> Expected TcRhoType -- Fail if ty isn't a function type
+ -> ([(pat, Expected TcRhoType)] -> Expected TcRhoType -> TcM a)
+ -> TcM a
+
+subFunTys pats (Infer hole) thing_inside
+ = -- This is the interesting case
+ mapM new_pat_hole pats `thenM` \ pats_w_holes ->
+ newHole `thenM` \ res_hole ->
+
+ -- Do the business
+ thing_inside pats_w_holes (Infer res_hole) `thenM` \ answer ->
+
+ -- Extract the answers
+ mapM read_pat_hole pats_w_holes `thenM` \ arg_tys ->
+ readMutVar res_hole `thenM` \ res_ty ->
+
+ -- Write the answer into the incoming hole
+ writeMutVar hole (mkFunTys arg_tys res_ty) `thenM_`
+
+ -- And return the answer
+ returnM answer
+ where
+ new_pat_hole pat = newHole `thenM` \ hole -> return (pat, Infer hole)
+ read_pat_hole (pat, Infer hole) = readMutVar hole
+
+subFunTys pats (Check ty) thing_inside
+ = go pats ty `thenM` \ (pats_w_tys, res_ty) ->
+ thing_inside pats_w_tys res_ty
+ where
+ go [] ty = return ([], Check ty)
+ go (pat:pats) ty = unifyFunTy ty `thenM` \ (arg,res) ->
+ go pats res `thenM` \ (pats_w_tys, final_res) ->
+ return ((pat, Check arg) : pats_w_tys, final_res)
+
+unifyFunTy :: TcRhoType -- Fail if ty isn't a function type
+ -> TcM (TcType, TcType) -- otherwise return arg and result types
+
+unifyFunTy ty@(TyVarTy tyvar)
+ = getTcTyVar tyvar `thenM` \ maybe_ty ->
+ case maybe_ty of
+ Just ty' -> unifyFunTy ty'
+ Nothing -> unify_fun_ty_help ty
+
+unifyFunTy ty
+ = case tcSplitFunTy_maybe ty of
+ Just arg_and_res -> returnM arg_and_res
+ Nothing -> unify_fun_ty_help ty
+
+unify_fun_ty_help ty -- Special cases failed, so revert to ordinary unification
+ = newTyVarTy openTypeKind `thenM` \ arg ->
+ newTyVarTy openTypeKind `thenM` \ res ->
+ unifyTauTy ty (mkFunTy arg res) `thenM_`
+ returnM (arg,res)
+\end{code}
+
+\begin{code}
+zapToListTy :: Expected TcType -- expected list type
+ -> TcM TcType -- list element type
+
+zapToListTy (Check ty) = unifyListTy ty
+zapToListTy (Infer hole) = do { elt_ty <- newTyVarTy liftedTypeKind ;
+ writeMutVar hole (mkListTy elt_ty) ;
+ return elt_ty }
+
+unifyListTy :: TcType -> TcM TcType
+unifyListTy ty@(TyVarTy tyvar)
+ = getTcTyVar tyvar `thenM` \ maybe_ty ->
+ case maybe_ty of
+ Just ty' -> unifyListTy ty'
+ other -> unify_list_ty_help ty
+
+unifyListTy ty
+ = case tcSplitTyConApp_maybe ty of
+ Just (tycon, [arg_ty]) | tycon == listTyCon -> returnM arg_ty
+ other -> unify_list_ty_help ty
+
+unify_list_ty_help ty -- Revert to ordinary unification
+ = newTyVarTy liftedTypeKind `thenM` \ elt_ty ->
+ unifyTauTy ty (mkListTy elt_ty) `thenM_`
+ returnM elt_ty
+
+-- variant for parallel arrays
+--
+zapToPArrTy :: Expected TcType -- Expected list type
+ -> TcM TcType -- List element type
+
+zapToPArrTy (Check ty) = unifyPArrTy ty
+zapToPArrTy (Infer hole) = do { elt_ty <- newTyVarTy liftedTypeKind ;
+ writeMutVar hole (mkPArrTy elt_ty) ;
+ return elt_ty }
+
+unifyPArrTy :: TcType -> TcM TcType
+
+unifyPArrTy ty@(TyVarTy tyvar)
+ = getTcTyVar tyvar `thenM` \ maybe_ty ->
+ case maybe_ty of
+ Just ty' -> unifyPArrTy ty'
+ _ -> unify_parr_ty_help ty
+unifyPArrTy ty
+ = case tcSplitTyConApp_maybe ty of
+ Just (tycon, [arg_ty]) | tycon == parrTyCon -> returnM arg_ty
+ _ -> unify_parr_ty_help ty
+
+unify_parr_ty_help ty -- Revert to ordinary unification
+ = newTyVarTy liftedTypeKind `thenM` \ elt_ty ->
+ unifyTauTy ty (mkPArrTy elt_ty) `thenM_`
+ returnM elt_ty
+\end{code}
+