[GHC] #8281: The impossible happened: primRepToFFIType

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#8281: The impossible happened: primRepToFFIType
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        Reporter:  tibbe             |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  high              |            Milestone:  8.4.1
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  7.6.2
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
 Type of failure:  Compile-time      |  Unknown/Multiple
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Comment (by bgamari):

 > But as simon pointed out, we're too vague on unsafe FFI calls before,
 it's not a big deal to give a more clear semantics, is it?

 I absolutely agree that the documentation should be improved either way.
 It's possible that #13730 is also being bit by this same confusion.

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