[GHC] #9532: Expose new CLZ/CTZ primops via `Data.Bits` interface

[GHC]

#9532: Expose new CLZ/CTZ primops via `Data.Bits` interface
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              Reporter:  hvr         |            Owner:  hvr
                  Type:  task        |           Status:  closed
              Priority:  normal      |        Milestone:  7.10.1
             Component:              |          Version:
  libraries/base                     |         Keywords:  Data.Bits
            Resolution:  fixed       |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
      Operating System:              |       Difficulty:  Unknown
  Unknown/Multiple                   |       Blocked By:
       Type of failure:              |  Related Tickets:  #9340
  None/Unknown                       |
             Test Case:              |
              Blocking:              |
Differential Revisions:  Phab:D158   |
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Changes (by hvr):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => fixed


Old description:

> GHC now provides optimized CLZ/CTZ primops (see #9340), this ticket is
> about exposing those in a more convenient way.
>
> This was proposed as
>
>   http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/libraries/2014-August/023567.html
>
> and passed.

New description:

 GHC now provides optimized CLZ/CTZ primops (see #9340), this ticket is
 about exposing those in a more convenient way.

 This was proposed as

   http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/libraries/2014-August/023567.html

 and passed (see also
 [http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/libraries/2014-August/023657.html
 proposal summary])

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