[GHC] #11594: closed empty type families fully applied get reduced lazily when in a constraint tuple and fully applied

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#11594: closed empty type families  fully applied get reduced lazily when in a
constraint tuple and fully applied
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        Reporter:  carter            |                Owner:
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.0.1
       Component:  Compiler (Type    |              Version:  7.10.2
  checker)                           |
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
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Changes (by goldfire):

 * type:  bug => feature request


Comment:

 To paraphrase, you want GHC to recognize that an empty closed type family
 is insoluble.

 Although this is a decent suggestion, would a use of `TypeError` work for
 you?

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