[GHC] #14386: GHC doesn't allow Coercion between partly-saturated type constructors

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#14386: GHC doesn't allow Coercion between partly-saturated type constructors
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        Reporter:  Iceland_jack      |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.3
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:  roles
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
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Comment (by nomeata):

 Maybe not quite intentional, but certainly expected. I think the coercion
 you want is not even expressible at the level of Core, because the newtype
 gives you the axiom

 {{{
 forall cat a b. Op cat a b ~R cat b a
 }}}

 And as you can see you can only use this axiom once `Op` has all three
 arguments.

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