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Pattern synonyms crash GHCi

ghci -XPatternSynonyms
> let pattern P x = x

causes a panic. I understand pattern synonyms are currently unsupported in GHCi, but we should give an error message, not a panic.

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Version 7.7
Type Bug
TypeOfFailure OtherFailure
Priority normal
Resolution Unresolved
Component Compiler
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