[GHC] #875: assert fails on HEAD

#875: assert fails on HEAD
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    Reporter:  guest     |        Owner:             
        Type:  bug       |       Status:  new        
    Priority:  normal    |    Milestone:             
   Component:  Compiler  |      Version:  6.5        
    Severity:  normal    |     Keywords:             
          Os:  Unknown   |   Difficulty:  Easy (1 hr)
Architecture:  Unknown   |  
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Example of failure

 {{{
 [andy@thunderegg should_run]$ cat dsrun014.hs
 module Main where

 import Control.Exception ( assert )

 main = assert "Hello" True $ print "World"

 [andy@thunderegg should_run]$ $GHC66 dsrun014.hs

 dsrun014.hs:5:7:
     Couldn't match expected type `GHC.Prim.Addr#'
            against inferred type `[Char]'
     In the first argument of `GHC.Err.assertError', namely
         `"dsrun014.hs:5:7-12"'
     In the call (GHC.Err.assertError "dsrun014.hs:5:7-12" "Hello" True)
     In the first argument of `($)', namely
         `GHC.Err.assertError "dsrun014.hs:5:7-12" "Hello" True'
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/875>
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