[GHC] #5916: runST isn't free

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#5916: runST isn't free
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        Reporter:  tibbe             |            Owner:
            Type:  bug               |           Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |        Milestone:  7.6.2
       Component:  Compiler          |          Version:  7.4.1
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Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |       Difficulty:  Unknown
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Comment (by simonpj):

 I think the Right Thing here is to add a case to `CorePrep` that (in
 effect) inlines `runSTRep` on the spot.   At that point there are no
 further transformations to worry about.

 Also it occurs to me that the C-- code for these two code fragments will
 be nearly identical
 {{{
 (1)   case st_rep s of (# _, r #) -> r
 (2)   st_rep s
 }}}
 The latter will be a tail call; the former will push a return frame, call,
 and then simply return after that.  So we could maybe code-gen (1) just
 like (2).

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