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GHC panic, `tcTyVarDetails` is missing a case

Compiling the attached module I get

$ ghc --interactive Tree.hs 
GHCi, version 8.1.20161030: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/  :? for help
[1 of 1] Compiling Tree             ( Tree.hs, interpreted )

Tree.hs:28:63: error:ghc-stage2: panic! (the 'impossible' happened)
  (GHC version 8.1.20161030 for x86_64-apple-darwin):
	tcTyVarDetails
  cobox0_a1eK :: (m_a1ej[sk:2] :: Peano)
                 ~#
                 ('S n_a1eJ[ssk:3] :: Peano)
  Call stack:
      CallStack (from HasCallStack):
        prettyCurrentCallStack, called at compiler/utils/Outputable.hs:1076:58 in ghc:Outputable
        callStackDoc, called at compiler/utils/Outputable.hs:1080:37 in ghc:Outputable
        pprPanic, called at compiler/basicTypes/Var.hs:457:22 in ghc:Var

Please report this as a GHC bug:  http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug

When switching the call to SBranchX in line 29 to a call to SBranch the program compiles. So I suspect that the problem is rooted in the extra constraint attached to constructor SBranchX.

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Version 8.1
Type Bug
TypeOfFailure OtherFailure
Priority normal
Resolution Unresolved
Component Compiler
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Edited by Gabor Greif
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