[GHC] #12421: TestEquality and TestCoercion documentation is confusing

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#12421: TestEquality and TestCoercion documentation is confusing
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        Reporter:  dfeuer            |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Core Libraries    |              Version:  8.0.1
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 Type of failure:  Documentation     |  Unknown/Multiple
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Comment (by Zemyla):

 An instance of `TestCoercion` doesn't need to be a GADT, though. `MutVar`
 and `MVar`, for instance, have fairly sensible semantics for a
 hypothetical `TestCoercion` instance: If two mutable variables point at
 the same spot, then their runtime representation must be the same. The
 same applies to `StableName`: If two `StableName`s match, then they were
 created using the same object.

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