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Consider the following 4 modules:

{-# LANGUAGE GADTs #-}

module A where

data One = One

data ShowInstFor a = Show a => MkSIF

incoherent :: ShowInstFor One -> ShowInstFor One -> String
incoherent MkSIF MkSIF = show One

module B where

import A

instance Show One where
  show _ = "from module B"

fromB :: ShowInstFor One
fromB = MkSIF

module C where

import A

instance Show One where
  show _ = "from module C"

fromC :: ShowInstFor One
fromC = MkSIF

module D where

import A
import B
import C

oops1 = incoherent fromB fromC
oops2 = incoherent fromC fromB

According to ghci, oops1 is "from moduleB" and oops2 is "from module C". This seems bad.

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Trac field	Value
Version	7.6.3
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	Compiler
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