[GHC] #4505: Segmentation fault on long input (list of pairs)

[GHC]

#4505: Segmentation fault on long input (list of pairs)
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              Reporter:  cathper     |            Owner:  simonmar
                  Type:  bug         |           Status:  new
              Priority:  highest     |        Milestone:  7.10.1
             Component:  Compiler    |          Version:  7.0.1
            Resolution:              |         Keywords:  Segmentation
      Operating System:  Linux       |  fault, segfault, long input
       Type of failure:  Runtime     |     Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)
  crash                              |       Difficulty:  Unknown
             Test Case:              |       Blocked By:  4258
              Blocking:              |  Related Tickets:
Differential Revisions:              |
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Comment (by snoyberg):

 @simonmar: Yes, that's the error message we're seeing at runtime.

 Moving this bug from runtime to compile time would be a *huge* advantage
 to me. But I agree that it's not worth holding up the release. To clarify:
 I would still be very happy to see a fix for this on the 7.8 branch, as we
 could build our own GHC binary with the patch.

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