-tcSplitFunTy_maybe ty | Just ty' <- tcView ty = tcSplitFunTy_maybe ty'
-tcSplitFunTy_maybe (FunTy arg res) = Just (arg, res)
-tcSplitFunTy_maybe other = Nothing
+tcSplitFunTy_maybe ty | Just ty' <- tcView ty = tcSplitFunTy_maybe ty'
+tcSplitFunTy_maybe (FunTy arg res) | not (isPredTy arg) = Just (arg, res)
+tcSplitFunTy_maybe other = Nothing
+ -- Note the (not (isPredTy arg)) guard
+ -- Consider (?x::Int) => Bool
+ -- We don't want to treat this as a function type!
+ -- A concrete example is test tc230:
+ -- f :: () -> (?p :: ()) => () -> ()
+ --
+ -- g = f () ()