[GHC] #16404: Type error recovery crash

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#16404: Type error recovery crash
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        Reporter:  simonpj           |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.6.3
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Comment (by simonpj):

 Reason for this: this code in `TcBinds`
 {{{
 tcPolyBinds sig_fn prag_fn rec_group rec_tc closed bind_list
   = setSrcSpan loc                              $
     recoverM (recoveryCode binder_names sig_fn) $ do
         -- Set up main recover; take advantage of any type sigs
 }}}
 recovers from an error in the binding for `f`.  But the recovery code is:
 {{{
 recoveryCode :: [Name] -> TcSigFun -> TcM (LHsBinds GhcTcId, [Id])
 recoveryCode binder_names sig_fn
   = do  { traceTc "tcBindsWithSigs: error recovery" (ppr binder_names)
         ; let poly_ids = map mk_dummy binder_names
         ; return (emptyBag, poly_ids) }
 }}}
 That is, it returns no bindings.  That's probably wrong if we have
 `-fdefer-type-errors`.  We should probably generate a stub binding
 {{{
   f = typeError "Deferred error in binding for f"
 }}}
 That would avoid downstream breakage.

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