[GHC] #11947: GHC mistakenly warns about type defaulting in the presence of -XTypeApplications

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#11947: GHC mistakenly warns about type defaulting in the presence of
-XTypeApplications
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        Reporter:  RyanGlScott       |                Owner:
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler (Type    |              Version:  8.0.1
  checker)                           |             Keywords:
      Resolution:                    |  TypeApplications
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
 Type of failure:  Incorrect         |  Unknown/Multiple
  warning at compile-time            |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:                    |  Differential Rev(s):
       Wiki Page:                    |
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Comment (by goldfire):

 `theFloatDigits` isn't the thing that's ambiguous or not; it's
 `theFloatDigits`'s type, `forall a. RealFloat a => Int`, which certainly
 is ambiguous, mentioning a type variable only in a constraint and not the
 type head.

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