[GHC] #15412: "Instance head is not headed by a class" when `Constraint` replaced with `type C = Constraint`

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#15412: "Instance head is not headed by a class" when `Constraint` replaced with
`type C = Constraint`
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        Reporter:  Iceland_jack      |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.6.1
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.4.3
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
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Comment (by monoidal):

 The failing code is obtained by replacing `Constraint` by `C`:

 {{{
 {-# Language DataKinds, TypeInType, TypeFamilies #-}

 import Data.Kind

 newtype I a = I a

 type C = Constraint

 type family
   UnitC :: C where
   UnitC = ()

 instance UnitC => Functor I where
   fmap = undefined
 }}}

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