[GHC] #16146: Trivial partial type signature kills type inference in the presence of GADTs

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#16146: Trivial partial type signature kills type inference in the presence of
GADTs
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        Reporter:  goldfire          |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.6.3
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Comment (by goldfire):

 Also amongst all this was the observation that let-should-not-be-
 generalized is ignore in the presence of partial type signatures. Is this
 a good thing? I'm not sure.

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