--- The rest is plain sailing
-eq_ty env (TyVarTy tv1) (TyVarTy tv2) = case lookupVarEnv env tv1 of
- Just tv1a -> tv1a == tv2
- Nothing -> tv1 == tv2
-eq_ty env (ForAllTy tv1 t1) (ForAllTy tv2 t2)
- | tv1 == tv2 = eq_ty (delVarEnv env tv1) t1 t2
- | otherwise = eq_ty (extendVarEnv env tv1 tv2) t1 t2
-eq_ty env (AppTy s1 t1) (AppTy s2 t2) = (eq_ty env s1 s2) && (eq_ty env t1 t2)
-eq_ty env (FunTy s1 t1) (FunTy s2 t2) = (eq_ty env s1 s2) && (eq_ty env t1 t2)
-eq_ty env (TyConApp tc1 tys1) (TyConApp tc2 tys2) = (tc1 == tc2) && (eq_tys env tys1 tys2)
-eq_ty env t1 t2 = False
-
-eq_tys env [] [] = True
-eq_tys env (t1:tys1) (t2:tys2) = (eq_ty env t1 t2) && (eq_tys env tys1 tys2)
-eq_tys env tys1 tys2 = False
+cmpTypeX env (TyVarTy tv1) (TyVarTy tv2) = rnOccL env tv1 `compare` rnOccR env tv2
+cmpTypeX env (ForAllTy tv1 t1) (ForAllTy tv2 t2) = cmpTypeX (rnBndr2 env tv1 tv2) t1 t2
+cmpTypeX env (AppTy s1 t1) (AppTy s2 t2) = cmpTypeX env s1 s2 `thenCmp` cmpTypeX env t1 t2
+cmpTypeX env (FunTy s1 t1) (FunTy s2 t2) = cmpTypeX env s1 s2 `thenCmp` cmpTypeX env t1 t2
+cmpTypeX env (PredTy p1) (PredTy p2) = cmpPredX env p1 p2
+cmpTypeX env (TyConApp tc1 tys1) (TyConApp tc2 tys2) = (tc1 `compare` tc2) `thenCmp` cmpTypesX env tys1 tys2
+cmpTypeX env (NoteTy _ t1) t2 = cmpTypeX env t1 t2
+cmpTypeX env t1 (NoteTy _ t2) = cmpTypeX env t1 t2
+
+ -- Deal with the rest: TyVarTy < AppTy < FunTy < TyConApp < ForAllTy < PredTy
+cmpTypeX env (AppTy _ _) (TyVarTy _) = GT
+
+cmpTypeX env (FunTy _ _) (TyVarTy _) = GT
+cmpTypeX env (FunTy _ _) (AppTy _ _) = GT
+
+cmpTypeX env (TyConApp _ _) (TyVarTy _) = GT
+cmpTypeX env (TyConApp _ _) (AppTy _ _) = GT
+cmpTypeX env (TyConApp _ _) (FunTy _ _) = GT
+
+cmpTypeX env (ForAllTy _ _) (TyVarTy _) = GT
+cmpTypeX env (ForAllTy _ _) (AppTy _ _) = GT
+cmpTypeX env (ForAllTy _ _) (FunTy _ _) = GT
+cmpTypeX env (ForAllTy _ _) (TyConApp _ _) = GT
+
+cmpTypeX env (PredTy _) t2 = GT
+
+cmpTypeX env _ _ = LT
+
+-------------
+cmpTypesX :: RnEnv2 -> [Type] -> [Type] -> Ordering
+cmpTypesX env [] [] = EQ
+cmpTypesX env (t1:tys1) (t2:tys2) = cmpTypeX env t1 t2 `compare` cmpTypesX env tys1 tys2
+cmpTypesX env [] tys = LT
+cmpTypesX env ty [] = GT
+
+-------------
+cmpPredX :: RnEnv2 -> PredType -> PredType -> Ordering
+cmpPredX env (IParam n1 ty1) (IParam n2 ty2) = (n1 `compare` n2) `thenCmp` cmpTypeX env ty1 ty2
+ -- Compare types as well as names for implicit parameters
+ -- This comparison is used exclusively (I think) for the
+ -- finite map built in TcSimplify
+cmpPredX env (ClassP c1 tys1) (ClassP c2 tys2) = (c1 `compare` c2) `thenCmp` cmpTypesX env tys1 tys2
+cmpPredX env (IParam _ _) (ClassP _ _) = LT
+cmpPredX env (ClassP _ _) (IParam _ _) = GT
+\end{code}
+
+PredTypes are used as a FM key in TcSimplify,
+so we take the easy path and make them an instance of Ord
+
+\begin{code}
+instance Eq PredType where { (==) = tcEqPred }
+instance Ord PredType where { compare = tcCmpPred }