[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:  5435
  Unknown/Multiple          |  Related Tickets:
 Type of failure:           |
  None/Unknown              |
       Test Case:           |
        Blocking:           |
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Comment (by ezyang):

 One more progress report (as before, selection of outliers as well as
 overall figures), after having rebased onto HEAD:

 {{{
      bernouilli          -0.5%     -0.0%     -9.1%     -9.1%      0.0%
         circsim          -0.5%     -0.0%     +4.5%     +4.5%    +21.7%
    cryptarithm1          -0.5%     +0.0%     +7.6%     +7.6%   +100.0%
            lcss          -0.5%     -0.0%     -8.3%     -8.3%     +1.9%
    wheel-sieve2          -0.5%     -0.0%     -9.1%     -9.1%     +2.1%
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             Min          -0.9%    -12.0%     -9.1%     -9.1%     -5.2%
             Max          -0.4%     +0.4%     +7.6%     +7.6%   +100.0%
  Geometric Mean          -0.5%     -0.5%     -1.8%     -1.8%     +9.0%
 }}}

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