[GHC] #11409: Cannot instantiate literals using TypeApplications

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#11409: Cannot instantiate literals using TypeApplications
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           Reporter:  Feuerbach      |             Owner:
               Type:  bug            |            Status:  new
           Priority:  normal         |         Milestone:
          Component:  Compiler       |           Version:  8.0.1-rc1
           Keywords:                 |  Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple
       Architecture:                 |   Type of failure:  None/Unknown
  Unknown/Multiple                   |
          Test Case:                 |        Blocked By:
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 {{{
 GHCi, version 8.0.1.20160110: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/  :? for help
 Prelude> :set -XTypeApplications -fprint-explicit-foralls
 Prelude> :t 42
 42 :: forall {a}. Num a => a
 Prelude> 42 @Int

 <interactive>:3:1: error:
     • Cannot not apply expression of type ‘a0’
       to a visible type argument ‘Int’
     • In the expression: 42 @Int
       In an equation for ‘it’: it = 42 @Int
 }}}

 (Also, "cannot not" looks like a typo.)

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