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Trying to :browse certain modules with GHCi fails with GHC 7.11:

$ inplace/bin/ghc-stage2 --interactive
GHCi, version 7.11.20151219: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/  :? for help
λ> :browse GHC.Base
($) ::
  forall (w :: GHC.Types.Levity) a (b :: TYPE w). (a -> b) -> a -> b
($!) :: (a -> b) -> a -> b
<lots of output elided>
data Ordering*** Exception: No match in record selector tyConTyVars
λ> :browse GHC.Exts
class GHC.Exts.IsList l where
  type family GHC.Exts.Item l
    Kind: * -> *
  GHC.Exts.fromList :: [GHC.Exts.Item l] -> l
  GHC.Exts.fromListN :: Int -> [GHC.Exts.Item l] -> l
  GHC.Exts.toList :: l -> [GHC.Exts.Item l]
  {-# MINIMAL fromList, toList #-}
<lots of output elided>
data GHC.Prim.MutableByteArray# a*** Exception: No match in record selector tyConTyVars
λ> :browse GHC.Prim
*** Exception: No match in record selector tyConTyVars

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Trac field	Value
Version	7.11
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	high
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	GHCi
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