ExistentialQuantification forall a. (...) vs (forall a. ...)

{-# LANGUAGE ExistentialQuantification, RankNTypes #-}

data List a = Nil | a ::: (List a)
data C c = forall c. C (List c)
data D d = D (forall d. List d)


main = do 
    let s = (3 :: Int) ::: Nil
    let a = C ((3 :: Int) ::: Nil)
    let b = D Nil
    let c = D (undefined ::: Nil)
    -- error: 
    -- let d = D ((3 :: Int) ::: Nil)
    -- let e = D (() ::: Nil)
    return ()

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ExistentialQuantification forall a. (...) vs (forall a. ...)

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