[GHC] #9236: hGetContents leads to late/silent failures

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#9236: hGetContents leads to late/silent failures
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              Reporter:  dfeuer      |            Owner:  ekmett
                  Type:  feature     |           Status:  new
  request                            |        Milestone:
              Priority:  normal      |          Version:  7.8.2
             Component:  Core        |         Keywords:
  Libraries                          |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
            Resolution:              |       Difficulty:  Easy (less than 1
      Operating System:              |  hour)
  Unknown/Multiple                   |       Blocked By:
       Type of failure:  Other       |  Related Tickets:  #8213
             Test Case:              |
              Blocking:              |
Differential Revisions:  Phab:D327   |
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Changes (by dfeuer):

 * cc: core-libraries-committee@… (added)
 * differential:   => Phab:D327


Comment:

 I decided to try this out, and it seems to work. In particular, it did
 ''not'' cause problems with broken pipes, and it ''did'' find a bug in
 Haddock.

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