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bad suggestion for "redundant section"

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#1,257 opened on Jun 8, 2021

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good first issue

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Description

the following function has the suggestion included however following the hint results in it not compiling

weirdEq :: (Int, Int) -> (Int, Int) -> Bool
weirdEq (_, 1) (_, 1) = True
weirdEq a b = ((==) `on`) snd a b

Suggestion: Redundant section
Found:
  ((==) `on`) snd
Perhaps:
  (==) `on` snd

v3.3.1 windows and linux

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Investigate the 'redundant section' suggestion for ((==) `on`) snd. Determine why removing the parentheses causes a compile error, and propose a fix to avoid the false positive.
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