[GHC] #15552: Infinite loop/panic with an existential type.

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#15552: Infinite loop/panic with an existential type.
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        Reporter:  howtonotwin       |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.6.1
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.4.3
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:  TypeInType,
                                     |  TypeFamilies
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
 Type of failure:  Compile-time      |  Unknown/Multiple
  crash or panic                     |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:  #14723            |  Differential Rev(s):
       Wiki Page:                    |
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Comment (by simonpj):

 > As for the larger plan: I like all of it

 What is the "all of it" that you like, specifically?  There are, I think,
 two pieces:

 1.  Eliminate the bug. How?  Current brand leader: add a third contructor
 to `MetaDetails` (comment:3).   Do we have any other alternatives on the
 table?

 2. Clean up knot tying by using `ZonkEnv` (comment:4).  This is pure
 refactoring, and hence not urgent, but it smells right to me.

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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/15552#comment:7>
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