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diff --git a/compiler/typecheck/TcSimplify.lhs b/compiler/typecheck/TcSimplify.lhs
index 7b9f1f1..95250f8 100644
--- a/compiler/typecheck/TcSimplify.lhs
+++ b/compiler/typecheck/TcSimplify.lhs
@@ -863,7 +863,8 @@ bindIrredsR loc qtvs co_vars reft givens irreds
 	
 	; let all_tvs = qtvs ++ co_vars	-- Abstract over all these
 	; (implics, bind) <- makeImplicationBind loc all_tvs reft givens' irreds'
-				-- This call does the real work
+			-- This call does the real work
+			-- If irreds' is empty, it does something sensible
 	; extendLIEs implics
 	; return bind } 
 
@@ -876,6 +877,8 @@ makeImplicationBind :: InstLoc -> [TcTyVar] -> Refinement
 -- The binding looks like
 --	(ir1, .., irn) = f qtvs givens
 -- where f is (evidence for) the new implication constraint
+--	f :: forall qtvs. {reft} givens => (ir1, .., irn)
+-- qtvs includes coercion variables
 --
 -- This binding must line up the 'rhs' in reduceImplication
 makeImplicationBind loc all_tvs reft
@@ -2257,7 +2260,12 @@ disambiguate extended_defaulting insts
 					-- use [Integer, Double]
 				do { integer_ty <- tcMetaTy integerTyConName
 				   ; checkWiredInTyCon doubleTyCon
-				   ; return [integer_ty, doubleTy] }
+				   ; string_ty <- tcMetaTy stringTyConName
+				   ; ovl_str <- doptM Opt_OverloadedStrings
+				   ; if ovl_str 	-- Add String if -foverloaded-strings
+					then return [integer_ty,doubleTy,string_ty] 
+					else return [integer_ty,doubleTy] }
+
 	; traceTc (text "disambigutate" <+> vcat [ppr unaries, ppr bad_tvs, ppr defaultable_groups])
 	; mapM_ (disambigGroup default_tys) defaultable_groups  }
   where
@@ -2279,13 +2287,13 @@ disambiguate extended_defaulting insts
 
    defaultable_classes clss 
 	| extended_defaulting = any isInteractiveClass clss
-	| otherwise = all isStandardClass clss && any isNumericClass clss
+	| otherwise = all isStandardClass clss && (any isNumericClass clss || any ((== isStringClassKey) . classKey) clss)
 
  	-- In interactive mode, or with -fextended-default-rules,
 	-- we default Show a to Show () to avoid graututious errors on "show []"
    isInteractiveClass cls 
 	= isNumericClass cls
-	|| (classKey cls `elem` [showClassKey, eqClassKey, ordClassKey])
+	|| (classKey cls `elem` [showClassKey, eqClassKey, ordClassKey, isStringClassKey])
 
 
 disambigGroup :: [Type]			-- The default types