[Haskell-cafe] List comprehensions and impredicative rank-N types

Hi, Consider the following definitions: ----------------------------------------------------------- {-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes, ImpredicativeTypes #-} foo :: [forall a. [a] -> [a]] foo = [reverse] bar :: [a -> b] -> a -> b bar fs = head fs ----------------------------------------------------------- According to the Haskell Report, [f | f <- foo] translates to (let ok f = [f]; ok _ = [] in concatMap ok foo), right? So, I wonder why (bar [f | f <- foo]) typechecks, but (bar (let ok f = [f]; ok _ = [] in concatMap ok foo)) and (bar foo) do not typecheck? Thanks, Vladimir