[GHC] #13646: strict patterns with no bindings (e.g. `let !() = ...`) trigger -Wunused-pattern-binds

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#13646: strict patterns with no bindings (e.g. `let !() = ...`) trigger -Wunused-
pattern-binds
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        Reporter:  exphp             |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.0.2
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
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Comment (by dfeuer):

 No objection here. I think exphp's point about the assertion with a
 missing function is quite interesting in itself. Simon, do you think it
 would be possible to implement a warning when someone applies a bang
 pattern, `seq`, or `seq#` to something known to have a function type? That
 seems almost always the wrong thing. It's also bad to force something that
 will take a dictionary argument, but that seems potentially harder to
 detect conservatively.

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