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deriving Ix with custom ifThenElse causes "Bad call to tagToEnum#"

$ cat IfThenElseIx.hs
{-# LANGUAGE RebindableSyntax #-}
module IfThenElseIx where

import Data.Ix (Ix, )

import Prelude


ifThenElse :: Bool -> a -> a -> a
ifThenElse True x _ = x
ifThenElse False _ x = x

data T = A | B deriving (Eq, Ord, Ix)

$ ghci-8.0.0.20160109 IfThenElseIx.hs
GHCi, version 8.0.0.20160109: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/  :? for help
[1 of 1] Compiling IfThenElseIx     ( IfThenElseIx.hs, interpreted )

IfThenElseIx.hs:13:35: error:
    • Bad call to tagToEnum# at type a_a2ky
        Specify the type by giving a type signature
        e.g. (tagToEnum# x) :: Bool
    • In the second argument of ‘ifThenElse’, namely
        ‘(GHC.Prim.tagToEnum# (c# GHC.Prim.<=# b#))’
      In the expression:
        if (GHC.Prim.tagToEnum# (c# GHC.Prim.>=# a#)) then
            (GHC.Prim.tagToEnum# (c# GHC.Prim.<=# b#))
        else
            False
      In a case alternative:
          c#
            -> if (GHC.Prim.tagToEnum# (c# GHC.Prim.>=# a#)) then
                   (GHC.Prim.tagToEnum# (c# GHC.Prim.<=# b#))
               else
                   False
      When typechecking the code for ‘GHC.Arr.inRange’
        in a derived instance for ‘Ix T’:
        To see the code I am typechecking, use -ddump-deriv
Failed, modules loaded: none.
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Version 8.0.1-rc1
Type Bug
TypeOfFailure OtherFailure
Priority normal
Resolution Unresolved
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