[GHC] #8743: The impossible happened : Prelude.(!!): index too large

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#8743: The impossible happened : Prelude.(!!): index too large
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        Reporter:  erikd               |            Owner:  nomeata
            Type:  bug                 |           Status:  new
        Priority:  highest             |        Milestone:  7.8.1
       Component:  Compiler            |          Version:  7.8.1-rc1
      Resolution:                      |         Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple    |     Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)
 Type of failure:  Compile-time crash  |       Difficulty:  Unknown
       Test Case:                      |       Blocked By:
        Blocking:                      |  Related Tickets:
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Comment (by Joachim Breitner <mail@…>):

 In [changeset:"312686c172eefb74237c8a61e2cca1b2af7459c1/ghc"]:
 {{{
 #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc"
 revision="312686c172eefb74237c8a61e2cca1b2af7459c1"
 In deepSplitCprType_maybe, be more forgiving

 the ConTag may be out of range (e.g. if the type constructor is imported
 via SOURCE and we don't know any of its data constructors); just return
 Nothing without complaining in that case. This fixes #8743.
 }}}

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