[GHC] #14198: Inconsistent treatment of implicitly bound kind variables as free-floating

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#14198: Inconsistent treatment of implicitly bound kind variables as free-floating
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        Reporter:  RyanGlScott       |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler (Type    |              Version:  8.2.1
  checker)                           |
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:  TypeInType
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:  14268             |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:  #7873, #15474     |  Differential Rev(s):
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Comment (by goldfire):

 I think this is subtly a different problem than `reportFloatingKvs`:
 that's all about user-written kind variables; this ticket is about
 overactive generalization.

 We ''could'' just say that `a` has kind `Any`. But I prefer rejecting the
 program.

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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/14198#comment:11>
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