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diff --git a/compiler/GHC/Tc/Utils/TcMType.hs b/compiler/GHC/Tc/Utils/TcMType.hs
index a3cda06cac..b6f5065997 100644
--- a/compiler/GHC/Tc/Utils/TcMType.hs
+++ b/compiler/GHC/Tc/Utils/TcMType.hs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ module GHC.Tc.Utils.TcMType (
newFlexiTyVarTy, -- Kind -> TcM TcType
newFlexiTyVarTys, -- Int -> Kind -> TcM [TcType]
newOpenFlexiTyVar, newOpenFlexiTyVarTy, newOpenTypeKind,
+ newOpenBoxedTypeKind,
newMetaKindVar, newMetaKindVars, newMetaTyVarTyAtLevel,
newAnonMetaTyVar, cloneMetaTyVar,
newCycleBreakerTyVar,
@@ -1075,6 +1076,12 @@ newOpenFlexiTyVar
= do { kind <- newOpenTypeKind
; newFlexiTyVar kind }
+newOpenBoxedTypeKind :: TcM TcKind
+newOpenBoxedTypeKind
+ = do { lev <- newFlexiTyVarTy (mkTyConTy levityTyCon)
+ ; let rr = mkTyConApp boxedRepDataConTyCon [lev]
+ ; return (tYPE rr) }
+
newMetaTyVars :: [TyVar] -> TcM (TCvSubst, [TcTyVar])
-- Instantiate with META type variables
-- Note that this works for a sequence of kind, type, and coercion variables