[GHC] #5032: putting left equation sides in parantheses causes GHC.Prim.Any specialization

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#5032: putting left equation sides in parantheses causes GHC.Prim.Any
specialization
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  Reporter:  jeltsch       |          Owner:                
      Type:  bug           |         Status:  closed        
  Priority:  normal        |      Milestone:                
 Component:  Compiler      |        Version:  6.12.1        
Resolution:  wontfix       |       Keywords:                
  Testcase:                |      Blockedby:                
Difficulty:                |             Os:  Linux         
  Blocking:                |   Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)
   Failure:  None/Unknown  |  
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Comment(by tsuyoshi):

 Replying to [comment:1 igloo]:
 > Technically it's a bug, as `MonoPatBinds` isn't standard, but it's a
 deliberate bug, so I'll close as won't-fix.

 I doubt that it is intentional that GHCi decides an unspecified
 monomorphic type variable to be GHC.Prim.Any.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5032#comment:2>
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