[GHC] #8552: Rename StgArrWords to StgArrBytes

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#8552: Rename StgArrWords to StgArrBytes
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       Reporter:  Tarrasch          |             Owner:
           Type:  task              |            Status:  new
       Priority:  lowest            |         Milestone:
      Component:  Compiler          |           Version:  7.6.3
       Keywords:                    |  Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple
   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple  |   Type of failure:  None/Unknown
     Difficulty:  Unknown           |         Test Case:
     Blocked By:                    |          Blocking:
Related Tickets:                    |
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 Since #3800, `StgArrWords` contains a certain number of words and not
 bytes. One can easily forget this and make programming mistakes. For
 example if you try to store the number of words in the `bytes` field, the
 garbage collector won't honor your decision. (I learned the hard way :))

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