[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
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
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 Type of failure:  Other             |            Test Case:
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Comment (by simonpj):

 OK, well we can both live with

 * `:type var` prints the original type of `var`, whereas `:type expr`
 typechecks, instantiates, and re-generalises the type of `expr`.

 > But how long will it be until someone posts a bug report complaining
 that `:t (blah)` is different from `:t blah`?

 Maybe not long, but we can just point to the user manual.  Having two
 commands is a pain when you can get the second by adding parens to the
 first.

 Now we just need someone to do it.

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