[GHC] #11376: Inconsistent specified type variables among functions and datatypes/classes when using -XTypeApplications

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#11376: Inconsistent specified type variables among functions and datatypes/classes
when using -XTypeApplications
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        Reporter:  RyanGlScott       |                Owner:  goldfire
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.0.1
       Component:  Compiler (Type    |              Version:  8.1
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      Resolution:                    |  TypeApplications
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 Type of failure:  Other             |            Test Case:
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Comment (by simonpj):

 > And, personally, when I want the type of a function, I just say :type,
 not :info, even when that expression is just a bare function.

 If that is what you want, let's not over complicate this.  We could easily
 say that `:type` behaves like `:info` when its argument is jut a variable.
 That is easy to specify, easy to implement, and does what you say you
 want.

 I'm really not happy with the old behaviour, so reluctant to revert.

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