[GHC] #11412: Trouble parsing arithmetic sequence syntax

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#11412: Trouble parsing arithmetic sequence syntax
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           Reporter:  goldfire       |             Owner:
               Type:  bug            |            Status:  new
           Priority:  normal         |         Milestone:
          Component:  Compiler       |           Version:  8.1
           Keywords:                 |  Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple
       Architecture:                 |   Type of failure:  None/Unknown
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          Test Case:                 |        Blocked By:
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 The Haskell-98 program

 {{{#!hs
 module Bug where

 blah = [True..]
 }}}

 does not compile. I assume this is because GHC thinks that I'm accessing
 the operator `.` from the module `True`. It took me a little while to
 figure out what was going on here!

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