[commit: ghc] master: Reduce the size of string literals in binaries. (b7e88ee)

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On branch  : master
Link       : http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/b7e88ee0d87f41cf1d8aba62aa44d5bf0a7404ad/ghc

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commit b7e88ee0d87f41cf1d8aba62aa44d5bf0a7404ad
Author: Thijs Alkemade <me at thijsalkema.de>
Date:   Tue Dec 6 17:12:17 2016 -0500

    Reduce the size of string literals in binaries.
    
    Removed the alignment for strings and mark then as cstring sections in
    the generated asm so the linker can merge duplicate sections.
    
    Reviewers: rwbarton, trofi, austin, trommler, simonmar, hvr, bgamari
    
    Reviewed By: hvr, bgamari
    
    Subscribers: simonpj, hvr, thomie
    
    Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D1290
    
    GHC Trac Issues: #9577


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b7e88ee0d87f41cf1d8aba62aa44d5bf0a7404ad
 compiler/cmm/CLabel.hs                             |  8 +++++--
 compiler/cmm/Cmm.hs                                |  1 +
 compiler/cmm/CmmUtils.hs                           |  7 ++++--
 compiler/cmm/PprCmmDecl.hs                         |  1 +
 compiler/llvmGen/LlvmCodeGen/Data.hs               |  2 ++
 compiler/nativeGen/PPC/Ppr.hs                      |  6 +++++
 compiler/nativeGen/PprBase.hs                      |  3 +++
 compiler/nativeGen/SPARC/Ppr.hs                    |  3 +++
 compiler/nativeGen/X86/Ppr.hs                      | 26 +++++++++++++++++-----
 testsuite/tests/codeGen/should_run/T9577.hs        |  7 ++++++
 .../tests/codeGen/should_run/T9577.stdout          |  0
 testsuite/tests/codeGen/should_run/T9577_A.hs      |  8 +++++++
 testsuite/tests/codeGen/should_run/all.T           |  1 +
 13 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

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