[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
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  Compiler                  |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
      Resolution:           |       Difficulty:  Project (more than a week)
Operating System:           |       Blocked By:  5435
  Unknown/Multiple          |  Related Tickets:
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Comment (by simonmar):

 Wow, I'm amazed you managed to get binary sizes to be smaller than before.
 So the only concerns now are those few strange looking results:
 cryptarithm, circsim, and I notice that spellcheck is not as good as
 before (runtime -6.4% before, -1.0% now).  Also do you have any idea what
 is driving the increase in total memory (+100% for cryptarithm, +21% for
 circsim)?

 If startup time has increased, it would be a good idea to check on the
 startup time of GHC itself again, to give us an idea of the impact for a
 large program.

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