[GHC] #14198: Inconsistent treatment of implicitly bound kind variables as free-floating

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#14198: Inconsistent treatment of implicitly bound kind variables as free-floating
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        Reporter:  RyanGlScott       |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler (Type    |              Version:  8.2.1
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 Related Tickets:  #7873             |  Differential Rev(s):
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Comment (by goldfire):

 I think we actually have the opportunity for a good error message here. I
 ''think'' we'll know that the `k` is not user-written, because it will be
 `Inferred`, not `Specified`. So we can say that the variable was inferred
 instead of just calling it an inscrutable `k0`.

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