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UndecidableInstances validity checking is wrong in the presence of QuantifiedConstraints

Consider this program:

{-# LANGUAGE ConstraintKinds #-}
{-# LANGUAGE GADTs #-}
{-# LANGUAGE KindSignatures #-}
{-# LANGUAGE QuantifiedConstraints #-}
module Bug where

import Data.Kind

data ECC :: Constraint -> Type -> Type

class Y a
class Z a

instance  c         => Y (ECC c a)
instance (c => Z a) => Z (ECC c a)

I would expect both of these instances to work. But while GHC accepts the Y instance, it rejects the Z instance:

$ ~/Software/ghc5/inplace/bin/ghc-stage2 Bug.hs
[1 of 1] Compiling Bug              ( Bug.hs, Bug.o )

Bug.hs:15:10: error:
    • Variable ‘c’ occurs more often
        in the constraint ‘c’ than in the instance head
      (Use UndecidableInstances to permit this)
    • In the instance declaration for ‘Z (ECC c a)’
   |
15 | instance (c => Z a) => Z (ECC c a)
   |          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

That error message seems completely bogus to me, since c appears once in both the context and instance head in both instances.

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Version 8.5
Type Bug
TypeOfFailure OtherFailure
Priority normal
Resolution Unresolved
Component Compiler (Type checker)
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