[GHC] #13408: Consider inferring a higher-rank kind for type synonyms

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#13408: Consider inferring a higher-rank kind for type synonyms
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        Reporter:  goldfire          |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.8.1
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.0.1
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:  TypeInType
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Comment (by RyanGlScott):

 I should also mention that there is actually a feasible workaround to the
 problem in comment:3: just use `ImpredicativeTypes`! That is to say, the
 following works:

 {{{#!hs
 {-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE ImpredicativeTypes #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE PolyKinds #-}
 module Foo where

 import Data.Kind

 data A :: Type -> Type
 data B a :: A a -> Type
 type C = B
 }}}

 Until someone fixes this bug, I can profitably use this workaround in
 `singletons`, where the inability to define something like `C` was
 particularly irksome: https://github.com/goldfirere/singletons/pull/373

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