{-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes, MonoLocalBinds #-} module T13804 where f periph = let sr :: forall a. [a] -> [a] sr = if periph then reverse else id sr2 = sr -- The question: is sr2 generalised? -- It should be, because sr has a type sig -- even though it has periph free in (sr2 [True], sr2 "c")