[GHC] #7015: Add support for 'static'

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#7015: Add support for 'static'
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              Reporter:  edsko       |            Owner:
                  Type:  feature     |           Status:  patch
  request                            |        Milestone:  7.10.1
              Priority:  normal      |          Version:  7.4.2
             Component:  Compiler    |         Keywords:
            Resolution:              |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
      Operating System:              |       Difficulty:  Unknown
  Unknown/Multiple                   |       Blocked By:
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Differential Revisions:  Phab:D119   |
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Comment (by carter):

 on a mildly bikeshedding note, before this work (or applicable subsets)
 gets merged in, could we update the wiki notes etc to not use the term
 StaticValues? (this has been discussed elsewhere, but adding it as a note
 here)

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