[GHC] #10379: Prefix syntax for promoted list kind isn't parsed properly

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#10379: Prefix syntax for promoted list kind isn't parsed properly
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        Reporter:  cactus            |                   Owner:  goldfire
            Type:  bug               |                  Status:  new
        Priority:  low               |               Milestone:  7.12.1
       Component:  Compiler          |                 Version:  7.10.1
  (Parser)                           |                Keywords:
      Resolution:                    |            Architecture:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  GHC rejects       |               Test Case:
  valid program                      |                Blocking:
      Blocked By:                    |  Differential Revisions:
 Related Tickets:                    |
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Changes (by goldfire):

 * owner:   => goldfire
 * milestone:   => 7.12.1


Comment:

 This is by design, for better or worse. Parsing in kinds is rather
 restricted.

 This will be fixed when I merge my kind equalities patch, which combines
 the type and kind parsers (among many other things).

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