{-# LANGUAGE ExistentialQuantification #-} {-# LANGUAGE KindSignatures #-} {-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-} {-# LANGUAGE GADTs #-} module Main where import Foreign import Unsafe.Coerce data M = A | B deriving (Show, Eq) newtype S (a :: M) = S Int data SomeS = forall a . SomeS (S a) data V0 :: M -> * where V0A :: Int -> V0 A V0B :: Double -> V0 B data V1 :: M -> * where V1A :: Int -> V1 A V1B :: Double -> V1 B V1a :: () -> V1 a viewV0 :: S a -> V0 a viewV0 (S i) | even i = unsafeCoerce $ V0A 1 | otherwise = unsafeCoerce $ V0B 2 viewV1 :: S a -> V1 a viewV1 (S i) | even i = unsafeCoerce $ V1A 1 | otherwise = unsafeCoerce $ V1B 2 typeOf :: S a -> M typeOf (S i) = if even i then A else B cast :: M -> SomeS -> S a cast ty (SomeS s@(S i)) | ty == typeOf s = S i | otherwise = error "cast" test0 :: IO () test0 = let s = cast A (SomeS (S 0)) in case viewV0 s of V0A{} -> putStrLn "test0 - A" V0B{} -> putStrLn "test0 - B" test1 :: IO () test1 = let s = cast A (SomeS (S 2)) :: S A in case viewV0 s of V0A{} -> putStrLn "test1 - A" test2 :: IO () test2 = let s = cast A (SomeS (S 4)) in case viewV1 s of V1A{} -> putStrLn "test2 - A" V1B{} -> putStrLn "test2 - B" V1a{} -> putStrLn "test2 - O_o" main = do test0 -- no ouput at all test1 -- A test2 -- O_o