[GHC] #7940: Building GHC 7.7.20130526 (perf) for Windows x86_64 fails with Cmm lint error

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#7940: Building GHC 7.7.20130526 (perf) for Windows x86_64 fails with Cmm lint
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    Reporter:  awson           |       Owner:                     
        Type:  bug             |      Status:  new                
    Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:                     
   Component:  Compiler        |     Version:  7.7                
    Keywords:                  |          Os:  Windows            
Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)  |     Failure:  Building GHC failed
  Difficulty:  Unknown         |    Testcase:                     
   Blockedby:                  |    Blocking:                     
     Related:                  |  
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Comment(by ian@…):

 commit aec9b2d7092fbf8b1ba1c844d884c2ca0f229ba5
 {{{
 Author: Ian Lynagh <ian at well-typed.com>
 Date:   Tue Jul 2 15:48:08 2013 +0100

     Fix bumpTickyLitBy[E] on Win64; fixes #7940

     A comment claimed that the ticky counters are unsigned longs, but
     as far as I can see that isn't the case: They're already word-sized
     values.

  compiler/codeGen/StgCmmTicky.hs |    6 ++----
  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 }}}

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