[GHC] #9142: LLVM HEAD rejects aliases used by LLVM codegen

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#9142: LLVM HEAD rejects aliases  used by LLVM codegen
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        Reporter:  bgamari           |            Owner:
            Type:  bug               |           Status:  new
        Priority:  high              |        Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |          Version:  7.8.2
      Resolution:                    |         Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |       Difficulty:  Unknown
       Test Case:                    |       Blocked By:
        Blocking:  4213              |  Related Tickets:
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Comment (by altaic):

 I'm looking in to option 5, mostly because I'd like to familiarize myself
 with the STG machine and Hoopl. I expect the other approaches discussed
 here will be more fruitful, however my unfamiliarity with GHC internals
 limit how much I can currently contribute.

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