[GHC] #14056: Figure out what to do about libffi

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#14056: Figure out what to do about libffi
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        Reporter:  bgamari           |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  task              |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.4.1
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.0.1
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Comment (by bgamari):

 [[https://www.gnu.org/software/libffcall/|libffcall]] is an alternative
 that the [[https://github.com/ocamllabs/ocaml-ctypes/issues/56|Caml]]
 folks have considered, but they also decided against it due to lack of
 maintenance.

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