[GHC] #9870: Document deviation of Data.List.splitAt from Report semantics

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#9870: Document deviation of Data.List.splitAt from Report semantics
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              Reporter:  dfeuer      |            Owner:
                  Type:  task        |           Status:  new
              Priority:  normal      |        Milestone:  7.10.1
             Component:              |          Version:  7.9
  Documentation                      |         Keywords:
            Resolution:              |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
      Operating System:              |       Difficulty:  Easy (less than 1
  Unknown/Multiple                   |  hour)
       Type of failure:              |       Blocked By:
  Documentation bug                  |  Related Tickets:
             Test Case:              |
              Blocking:              |
Differential Revisions:  Phab:D562   |
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Comment (by Austin Seipp <austin@…>):

 In [changeset:"8b480d3192e6eff6183934d7bbcc2054611c3651/ghc"]:
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 #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc"
 revision="8b480d3192e6eff6183934d7bbcc2054611c3651"
 Document splitAt deviation from the Report

 Summary:
 `splitAt` is stricter than the Report specifies, so we should
 say so.

 Reviewers: hvr, austin

 Reviewed By: austin

 Subscribers: carter, thomie

 Projects: #ghc

 Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D562

 GHC Trac Issues: #9870
 }}}

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