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New simple GADT feature

It's somewhat of an anomaly that the following does not work:

data T where
    Foo, Bar :: Int -> T

Since the comma syntax works for type signatures and records it would be natural for it to work with GADTs.

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Version 6.10.1
Type FeatureRequest
TypeOfFailure OtherFailure
Priority normal
Resolution Unresolved
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CC lennart@augustsson.net
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