[GHC] #5435: GHCi linker should run constructors for linked libraries

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#5435: GHCi linker should run constructors for linked libraries
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        Reporter:  pumpkin           |            Owner:
            Type:  bug               |           Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |        Milestone:  7.8.1
       Component:  Compiler          |          Version:  7.2.1
      Resolution:                    |         Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |       Difficulty:  Unknown
       Test Case:                    |       Blocked By:  3658
        Blocking:                    |  Related Tickets:  #3658
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Comment (by ezyang):

 These patches could probably be improved by adding .ctors support for ELF,
 and .init/.init_array for PEi386, but I don't know how to make my GCC on
 the respective platforms emit those types of sections to test. They might
 not even be accepted by the system linker; I have no way of telling.  I
 also have pretty reasonable test (essentially a cleaned up version of
 #8237) which should get added to the test suite.

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