[GHC] #15226: GHC doesn't know that seq# produces something in WHNF

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#15226: GHC doesn't know that seq# produces something in WHNF
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        Reporter:  dfeuer            |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  patch
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.6.1
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.4.3
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
 Type of failure:  Runtime           |  Unknown/Multiple
  performance bug                    |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:                    |  Differential Rev(s):  Phab:D4789
       Wiki Page:                    |
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Changes (by dfeuer):

 * status:  new => patch
 * differential:   => Phab:D4789


Comment:

 I've submitted a differential to change `evaluate` to work around the
 problem, but I don't like it very much. I'd love to have a primitive type
 of kind `Type -> TYPE UnliftedRep` that only holds things in WHNF; then we
 could make the primop return something of that type. But we don't have
 such a beast right now.

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