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Rules should "look through" case binders too

Here's a program suggested by Roman

inc :: Int -> Int
{-# INLINE CONLIKE [1] inc #-}
inc n = n+1

dec :: Int -> Int
{-# INLINE [1] dec #-}
dec n = n-1

{-# RULES  "dec/inc" forall n. dec (inc n) = n   #-}

data T = T !Int    -- The bang here prevents the rule firing

foo :: T -> Int
{-# INLINE foo #-}
foo (T n) = dec n + n

bar :: Int -> Int
bar n = foo (T (inc n))

The rule doesn't fire with the bang in the definition of T. If I remove the bang, it fires. It should fire in both cases.

The trouble is that, with the bang, we see something like this (in the output of phase 2 of the simplifier):

Roman.bar =
  \ (n_aat :: GHC.Types.Int) ->
    case Roman.inc n_aat of tpl_X3 { GHC.Types.I# ipv_skx ->
    case Roman.dec tpl_X3 of _ { GHC.Types.I# x_ak2 ->
    GHC.Types.I# (GHC.Prim.+# x_ak2 ipv_skx)
    }

but tpl_X3 is bound to (I# ipv_skx), not to (inc n_aat). Somehow we need both unfoldings for tpl_X3. That seems like a big step, so I'm just capturing the ticket but not actually doing anything about it yet.

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Version 6.12.1
Type Bug
TypeOfFailure OtherFailure
Priority normal
Resolution Unresolved
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