[GHC] #14331: Overzealous free-floating kind check causes deriving clause to be rejected

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#14331: Overzealous free-floating kind check causes deriving clause to be rejected
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        Reporter:  RyanGlScott       |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.4.1
       Component:  Compiler (Type    |              Version:  8.2.1
  checker)                           |
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:  deriving
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
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 Type of failure:  GHC rejects       |            Test Case:
  valid program                      |  deriving/should_compile/T14331
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Comment (by goldfire):

 What do we think of

 {{{#!hs
 class Cat k (cat :: k -> k -> *) where
   catId   :: cat a a
   catComp :: cat b c -> cat a b -> cat a c

 instance Cat * (->) where
   catId   = id
   catComp = (.)

 newtype Fun1 a b = Fun1 (a -> b) deriving (Cat k)
 }}}

 This is currently accepted and in the testsuite as
 `deriving/should_compile/T11732c`. I think this should fail, because it
 requires unifying `k` with `Type`. There is useful commentary in #11732.

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