Note [Call-stack tracing of pattern synonyms]

GHC/Tc/Gen/Pat.hs:1363 compiler

Consider
   f :: HasCallStack => blah

   pattern Annotated :: HasCallStack => (CallStack, a) -> a
   pattern Annotated x <- (f -> x)

When we pattern-match against `Annotated` we will call `f`, and must
pass a call-stack.  We may want `Annotated` itself to propagate the call
stack, so we give it a HasCallStack constraint too.  But then we expect
to see `Annotated` in the call stack.

This is achieve easily, but a bit trickily.  When we instantiate
Annotated's "required" constraints, in tcPatSynPat, give them a
CtOrigin of (OccurrenceOf "Annotated"). That way the special magic
in GHC.Tc.Solver.Dict.canDictCt which deals with CallStack
constraints will kick in: that logic only fires on constraints
whose Origin is (OccurrenceOf f).

See also Note [Overview of implicit CallStacks] in GHC.Tc.Types.Evidence
and Note [Solving CallStack constraints] in GHC.Tc.Solver.Dict

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