[GHC] #8782: Using GADT's to maintain invariant in GHC libraries

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#8782: Using GADT's to maintain invariant in GHC libraries
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  Iceland_jack                       |           Status:  infoneeded
                  Type:  task        |        Milestone:  7.10.1
              Priority:  lowest      |          Version:  7.9
             Component:  Compiler    |         Keywords:
            Resolution:              |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
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Comment (by rwbarton):

 Can we keep `foldlOL` and `foldrOL`? The GHC source tends to prefer
 monomorphic functions over polymorphic ones when the polymorphism is not
 needed. (See for example Simon's email [http://www.haskell.org/pipermail
 /ghc-devs/2014-August/006081.html here].)

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