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::unhandled-lam

Key: ::unhandled-lam

Category: shape · Severity: error

Source: src/diag/hints.nix:939

this lambda has no inference rule — its domain and codomain types are not determined by its syntax. Annotate with ann (lam …) (pi A B) to drive checking, or place it where the surrounding rule already supplies an expected Pi type.

Example

Hint::unhandled-lam means a lambda is in inference mode without an expected Pi type. The example shows the failing form first, then one way to give the checker the missing structure.

# Bad: a lambda reaches inference without an expected Pi type.
infer emptyCtx (lam "x" nat (x: x))

# Better: annotate it so checking mode knows the Pi type.
infer emptyCtx (ann (lam "x" nat (x: x)) (pi nat (_: nat)))

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