Hello,

You will be even more surpised to find out that:

bar = (fst foo, snd foo)

is considered correct. Does this hint give you any insight?

This tells me that GHC definitely has a bug, or at at best an infelicity. -Jeff --- This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden.