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Lenient combinator infers to "Either String"

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#1,118 opened on Feb 6, 2019

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Description

Using ReqBody' '[Required, Lenient] '[JSON] Events

Expected according to docs is Either Text.

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Research direction
Investigate the type inference in the Lenient combinator. Check the source in Servant.API.Modifiers to see how the type is inferred and possibly modify the instance to use Text instead of String.
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