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diff --git a/compiler/types/Type.lhs b/compiler/types/Type.lhs
index df9e3c7..6eaac8c 100644
--- a/compiler/types/Type.lhs
+++ b/compiler/types/Type.lhs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ module Type (
 
 	-- Comparison
 	coreEqType, tcEqType, tcEqTypes, tcCmpType, tcCmpTypes, 
-	tcEqPred, tcCmpPred, tcEqTypeX, tcPartOfType, tcPartOfPred,
+	tcEqPred, tcEqPredX, tcCmpPred, tcEqTypeX, tcPartOfType, tcPartOfPred,
 
 	-- Seq
 	seqType, seqTypes,
@@ -1018,6 +1018,9 @@ tcCmpTypes tys1 tys2 = cmpTypes tys1 tys2
 tcEqPred :: PredType -> PredType -> Bool
 tcEqPred p1 p2 = isEqual $ cmpPred p1 p2
 
+tcEqPredX :: RnEnv2 -> PredType -> PredType -> Bool
+tcEqPredX env p1 p2 = isEqual $ cmpPredX env p1 p2
+
 tcCmpPred :: PredType -> PredType -> Ordering
 tcCmpPred p1 p2 = cmpPred p1 p2
 
@@ -1258,6 +1261,19 @@ extendTvSubstList (TvSubst in_scope env) tvs tys
 -- the types given; but it's just a thunk so with a bit of luck
 -- it'll never be evaluated
 
+-- Note [Generating the in-scope set for a substitution]
+-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+-- If we want to substitute [a -> ty1, b -> ty2] I used to 
+-- think it was enough to generate an in-scope set that includes
+-- fv(ty1,ty2).  But that's not enough; we really should also take the
+-- free vars of the type we are substituting into!  Example:
+--	(forall b. (a,b,x)) [a -> List b]
+-- Then if we use the in-scope set {b}, there is a danger we will rename
+-- the forall'd variable to 'x' by mistake, getting this:
+--	(forall x. (List b, x, x)
+-- Urk!  This means looking at all the calls to mkOpenTvSubst....
+
+
 mkOpenTvSubst :: TvSubstEnv -> TvSubst
 mkOpenTvSubst env = TvSubst (mkInScopeSet (tyVarsOfTypes (varEnvElts env))) env
 
@@ -1310,9 +1326,9 @@ zip_ty_env tvs      tys      env   = pprTrace "Var/Type length mismatch: " (ppr
 
 instance Outputable TvSubst where
   ppr (TvSubst ins env) 
-    = brackets $ sep[ ptext SLIT("TvSubst"),
-		      nest 2 (ptext SLIT("In scope:") <+> ppr ins), 
-		      nest 2 (ptext SLIT("Env:") <+> ppr env) ]
+    = brackets $ sep[ ptext (sLit "TvSubst"),
+		      nest 2 (ptext (sLit "In scope:") <+> ppr ins), 
+		      nest 2 (ptext (sLit "Env:") <+> ppr env) ]
 \end{code}
 
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