[GHC] #5857: GHC Panic when using unbound type variables with Template Haskell

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#5857: GHC Panic when using unbound type variables with Template Haskell
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    Reporter:  goldfire          |       Owner:                    
        Type:  bug               |      Status:  new               
    Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:                    
   Component:  Template Haskell  |     Version:  7.4.1             
    Keywords:  Template Haskell  |          Os:  MacOS X           
Architecture:  ia64              |     Failure:  Compile-time crash
  Difficulty:  Unknown           |    Testcase:                    
   Blockedby:                    |    Blocking:                    
     Related:                    |  
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Changes (by simonpj):

  * difficulty:  => Unknown


Comment:

 GHC should never panic.  Now you know the cause, could you produce a tiny
 test case that elicits the panic?  Thanks

 Simon

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