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Unsatisfiable default signature

I discovered the -XDefaultSignatures extension and promptly wrote a default method that I feel should be rejected by the compiler:

{-# LANGUAGE DefaultSignatures #-}

module Foo where

class Foo a where
  foo :: proxy a -> b -> Int
  default foo :: (Integral b) => proxy a -> b -> Int
  foo _ b = fromIntegral b

GHC accepts this code, but rejects the instance instance Foo Bool because No instance for (Integral b) arising from a use of ‘Foo.$gdmfoo’. It seems to me that the class should have never compiled in the first place.

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Version 7.8.3
Type Bug
TypeOfFailure OtherFailure
Priority normal
Resolution Unresolved
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