> 
> During compilation of the enclosed module, the following happened:
> 
> panic! (the `impossible' happened):
>       tcInstType:1
> 
> Herewith reported as a GHC 2.04 bug.
> 

Here's what I get when compiling it

foo$ $ghc/driver/ghc -c -noC guiv.hs
guiv.hs:29: The type ``[[PrelBase.Char]]'' cannot be used as an instance
type.
foo$ 

which sounds about right,

foo$ fgrep "[[Char]]" guiv.hs
instance GUIValue a => GUIValue [[Char]] where

odd instance decl - is this really the file that shows up the bug?

--Sigbjorn

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