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Error message: f is applied to two arguments, but its type has only two (sic)

I occasionally get type errors where the error message refers to a function’s arity in a contradictory way:

The function ‘X’ is applied to two arguments, […] but its type has only two.

Here’s a full error message of this kind:

lenstest.hs:89:12:

Couldn't match type ‘Either String Int’ with ‘Maybe b0’

Expected type: [Char] -> Either String Int

Actual type: [Char] -> Maybe b0

The function ‘preview’ is applied to two arguments,

but its type ‘Getting (Data.Monoid.First b0) (Either b0 c0) b0

-> [Char] -> Maybe b0’

has only two

In the second argument of ‘($)’, namely

‘(preview _Left "abc" Either String Int)’
In a stmt of a 'do' block:
print $ (preview _Left "abc" Either String Int)

Failed, modules loaded: none.

Trac metadata
Trac field Value
Version 7.8.3
Type Bug
TypeOfFailure OtherFailure
Priority normal
Resolution Unresolved
Component Compiler (Type checker)
Test case
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Architecture
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