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+Class Decodable (A : Type) := decode : nat -> option A.
+Class ContainsType := { SomeType : Type; }.
+
+Section ASection.
+Context `{ContainsType}.
+
+Inductive Wrap :=
+  | wrap : SomeType -> Wrap.
+
+Axiom any : forall {A}, A.
+Global Instance inst : Decodable Wrap := any.
+End ASection.
+
+Instance impl : ContainsType :=
+  {| SomeType := nat; |}.
+
+(*
+Error: Cannot infer the 1st argument of the inductive type (@Wrap) of this term (no type
+class instance found) in environment:
+n : nat
+*)
+Definition foo n :=
+  match decode n with
+  | Some (wrap _) => 0
+  | _ => 0
+  end.