[GHC] #8199: Get rid of HEAP_ALLOCED

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#8199: Get rid of HEAP_ALLOCED
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        Reporter:  ezyang   |            Owner:  ezyang
            Type:  feature  |           Status:  new
  request                   |        Milestone:  7.10.1
        Priority:  normal   |          Version:  7.7
       Component:           |         Keywords:
  Compiler                  |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
      Resolution:           |       Difficulty:  Project (more than a week)
Operating System:           |       Blocked By:  2841
  Unknown/Multiple          |  Related Tickets:
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Changes (by simonmar):

 * cc: simonmar (added)


Comment:

 No time to review the patch yet, but this looks like great work.  Have you
 measured how long the initialisation takes on a large binary, e.g. GHC
 itself?  And how much does a long compilation speed up?

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