[GHC] #7919: Heap corruption (segfault) from large 'let' expression

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#7919: Heap corruption (segfault) from large 'let' expression
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    Reporter:  duncan          |       Owner:  simonmar     
        Type:  bug             |      Status:  patch        
    Priority:  high            |   Milestone:  7.8.1        
   Component:  Runtime System  |     Version:  7.6.3        
    Keywords:                  |          Os:  Linux        
Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)  |     Failure:  Runtime crash
  Difficulty:  Unknown         |    Testcase:               
   Blockedby:                  |    Blocking:               
     Related:                  |  
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Changes (by simonmar):

  * owner:  => simonmar
  * priority:  normal => high
  * milestone:  => 7.8.1


Comment:

 I'll take a look at this next week.  @igloo's fix looks like it might
 avoid breaking assumptions that the later code relies on, but I want to
 take a proper look at what's going on.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7919#comment:3>
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