[GHC] #15038: Memory Corruption (strange closure type)

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#15038: Memory Corruption (strange closure type)
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        Reporter:  andrewthad        |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  merge
        Priority:  highest           |            Milestone:  8.4.3
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.4.1
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
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 Type of failure:  Runtime crash     |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:  #9718             |  Differential Rev(s):  Phab:D4680
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Comment (by simonpj):

 Also to note: Omer tried the approach in comment:33, but we found that
 binary sizes went up by 1%.  Comment:33 means that we'd link the code for
 all error-ids into every binary even if they are not actually used; but it
 seems hard to believe that would increase code size by 1%.

 Rather than pursue this mystery, we backed off and did the ad-hoc special
 case implemented in comment:36.

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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/15038#comment:39>
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