[GHC] #15203: Wrong location reported for kind error

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#15203: Wrong location reported for kind error
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        Reporter:  goldfire          |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.8.1
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.5
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
                                     |  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:                    |  Differential Rev(s):
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Comment (by RyanGlScott):

 The location of this error has changed in GHC HEAD (perhaps due to
 2257a86daa72db382eb927df12a718669d5491f8?):

 {{{
 $ ~/Software/ghc/inplace/bin/ghc-stage2 --interactive Bug.hs
 GHCi, version 8.7.20181129: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/  :? for help
 Loaded GHCi configuration from /home/rgscott/.ghci
 [1 of 1] Compiling Bug              ( Bug.hs, interpreted )

 Bug.hs:7:24: error:
     • Couldn't match ‘k1’ with ‘k2’
     • In the type synonym declaration for ‘T’
   |
 7 | type T (a :: k1) (b :: k2) = (a ~ b, Show (Proxy (a :: k1)), Show
 (Proxy (b :: k2)))
   |                        ^^
 }}}

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