[GHC] #14798: Error message suggests applying (non-existant) function to more arguments

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#14798: Error message suggests applying (non-existant) function to more arguments
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        Reporter:  Iceland_jack      |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.5
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
 Type of failure:  Poor/confusing    |  Unknown/Multiple
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Comment (by goldfire):

 This makes sense to me: the user might have written something like `pow 5
 == 10` where `pow :: Int -> Int -> Int`. Of course, the error message is
 silly in your case, but I think it would be useful in the common case and
 is phrased appropriately so be wrong sometimes.

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