[GHC] #14270: GHC HEAD's ghc-stage1 panics on Data.Typeable.Internal

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#14270: GHC HEAD's ghc-stage1 panics on Data.Typeable.Internal
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        Reporter:  hvr               |                Owner:  bgamari
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  high              |            Milestone:  8.4.1
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.3
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
 Type of failure:  Compile-time      |  Unknown/Multiple
  crash or panic                     |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:  #14236            |  Differential Rev(s):
       Wiki Page:                    |
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Comment (by bgamari):

 > I have not yet figured out why we put a coercion variable in the
 template variables.

 Is "a coercion variable shall not appear as a template variable" an
 invariant of `Rule`? This wasn't clear to me.

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