[GHC] #12647: Can't capture improvement of functional dependencies

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#12647: Can't capture improvement of functional dependencies
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        Reporter:  Iceland_jack      |                Owner:
            Type:  task              |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  None              |              Version:  8.0.1
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                                     |  FunctionalDependencies
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Comment (by goldfire):

 Functional dependencies, as implemented in GHC, are used purely for
 disambiguating otherwise-ambiguous variables. That's it! In particular, a
 "given" fundep goes unused.

 There is much room for improvement here, but it would take a dedicated
 soul, and quite likely an update to the core language, with proofs and
 possibly a paper.

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