[Haskell-cafe] New type of ($) operator in GHC 8.0 is problematic

[John Wiegley]

>>>>> Kyle Hanson <me at khanson.io> writes:

Prelude> :t ($)
>   ($) :: (a -> b) -> a -> b

Prelude> :t ($)
>   ($)
>     :: forall (w :: GHC.Types.Levity) a (b :: TYPE w).
>        (a -> b) -> a -> b

I wonder if it could elide that information when -fprint-explicit-foralls is
not enabled? The (a :: *) is not enough to warrant a forall in the former
case, so 'b :: TYPE w' where 'w :: GHC.Types.Levity' perhaps shouldn't be
enough to warrant it in the latter.

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