[GHC] #8624: -ddump-splices-file

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#8624: -ddump-splices-file
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              Reporter:  GregWeber   |            Owner:
                  Type:  feature     |           Status:  patch
  request                            |        Milestone:
              Priority:  normal      |          Version:  7.6.3
             Component:  Compiler    |         Keywords:
            Resolution:              |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
      Operating System:              |       Difficulty:  Unknown
  Unknown/Multiple                   |       Blocked By:
       Type of failure:              |  Related Tickets:
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              Blocking:              |
Differential Revisions:              |
  https://phabricator.haskell.org/D518|
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Comment (by GregWeber):

 It seems like you are thinking of this as another debugging dump flag? It
 isn't at all, it just uses the existing dump system for implementation
 convenience. It is designed to be always turned on (if desired) and
 produce output that can be checked into source control. This should not
 effect whether actual dump flags are sent to stdout or to a file. I think
 `-to-` was supposed to help distinguish between dumping to stdout or to a
 file, so it doesn't seem necessary for something that always creates a
 file.

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