Note [Unifying result types in tcRecordUpd]

GHC/Tc/Gen/Expr.hs:1260 compiler

After expanding and typechecking a record update in the way described in
Note [Record Updates], we must take care to unify the result types.

Example:

  type family F (a :: Type) :: Type where {}
  data D a = MkD { fld :: F a }

  f :: F Int -> D Bool -> D Int
  f i r = r { fld = i }

This record update expands to:

  let x :: F alpha -- metavariable
      x = i
  in case r of
    MkD _ -> MkD x

Because the type family F is not injective, our only hope for unifying the
metavariable alpha is through the result type of the record update, which tells
us that we should unify alpha := Int.

Test case: T10808.

Wrinkle [GADT result type in tcRecordUpd]

  When dealing with a GADT, we want to be careful about which result type we use.

  Example:

    data G a b where
      MkG :: { bar :: F a } -> G a Int

    g :: F Int -> G Float b -> G Int b
    g i r = r { bar = i }

    We **do not** want to use the result type from the constructor MkG, which would
    leave us with a result type "G alpha Int". Instead, we should use the result type
    from the GADT header, instantiating as above, to get "G alpha beta" which will get
    unified withy "G Int b".

    Test cases: T18809, HardRecordUpdate.

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