+ key_vars = filterVarSet not_existential (tyVarsOfTypes key_tys)
+ not_existential tv = not (isTcTyVar tv && isExistentialTyVar tv)
+ -- The key_tys can contain skolem constants, and we can guarantee that those
+ -- are never going to be instantiated to anything, so we should not involve
+ -- them in the unification test. Example:
+ -- class Foo a where { op :: a -> Int }
+ -- instance Foo a => Foo [a] -- NB overlap
+ -- instance Foo [Int] -- NB overlap
+ -- data T = forall a. Foo a => MkT a
+ -- f :: T -> Int
+ -- f (MkT x) = op [x,x]
+ -- The op [x,x] means we need (Foo [a]). Without the filterVarSet we'd
+ -- complain, saying that the choice of instance depended on the instantiation
+ -- of 'a'; but of course it isn't *going* to be instantiated.