[GHC] #15200: RFC: export WordPtr from Data.Word and IntPtr from Data.Int rather than only from Foreign.Ptr

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#15200: RFC: export WordPtr from Data.Word and IntPtr from Data.Int rather than
only from Foreign.Ptr
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        Reporter:  carter            |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.6.1
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.4.3
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Comment (by RyanGlScott):

 I can't comment about Haskell 2020, but it seems quite reasonable to
 reexport `IntPtr` and `WordPtr` from `Data.Int` and `Data.Word`,
 respectively.

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