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diff --git a/compiler/typecheck/TcErrors.hs b/compiler/typecheck/TcErrors.hs
index 02b888703d..c0343bfa15 100644
--- a/compiler/typecheck/TcErrors.hs
+++ b/compiler/typecheck/TcErrors.hs
@@ -898,7 +898,9 @@ addDeferredBinding ctxt err ct
-> addTcEvBind ev_binds_var $ mkWantedEvBind evar err_tm
HoleDest hole
-> do { -- See Note [Deferred errors for coercion holes]
- let co_var = coHoleCoVar hole
+ uniq <- newUnique
+ ; let co_var = mkLocalCoVar (mkSystemVarName uniq (fsLit "deferred_co"))
+ (varType (coHoleCoVar hole))
; addTcEvBind ev_binds_var $ mkWantedEvBind co_var err_tm
; fillCoercionHole hole (mkTcCoVarCo co_var) }}
@@ -1029,6 +1031,10 @@ from that EvVar, filling the hole with that coercion. Because coercions'
types are unlifted, the error is guaranteed to be hit before we get to the
coercion.
+We make a new variable for the coercion so that its IdDetails say that it's
+a CoVar, not a CoercionHole. (This step is very roughly like skolemisation
+of TcTyVars.)
+
Note [Do not report derived but soluble errors]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The wc_simples include Derived constraints that have not been solved,