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The error message I get with GHC HEAD on the example program in #8390 (closed):

tf.hs:38:10:
    Could not deduce (Fun g a b0)
      arising from the ambiguity check for an instance declaration
    from the context (Fun f b c, Fun g a b)
      bound by an instance declaration:
                 (Fun f b c, Fun g a b) => Fun (Compose f g) a c
      at tf.hs:38:10-56
    The type variable ‛b0’ is ambiguous
    In the ambiguity check for:
      forall f g a c b. (Fun f b c, Fun g a b) => Fun (Compose f g) a c
    In the instance declaration for ‛Fun (Compose f g) a c’

could perhaps benefit from an appended line:

    (To defer this ambiguity check to use sites, enable AllowAmbiguousTypes)
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Version 7.7
Type FeatureRequest
TypeOfFailure OtherFailure
Priority normal
Resolution Unresolved
Component Compiler (Type checker)
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