[GHC] #9353: prefetch primops are not currently useful

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#9353: prefetch primops are not currently useful
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              Reporter:              |            Owner:  carter
  MikeIzbicki                        |           Status:  new
                  Type:  bug         |        Milestone:  7.10.1
              Priority:  normal      |          Version:  7.8.2
             Component:  Compiler    |         Keywords:
            Resolution:              |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
      Operating System:              |       Difficulty:  Unknown
  Unknown/Multiple                   |       Blocked By:
       Type of failure:              |  Related Tickets:
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             Test Case:              |
              Blocking:              |
Differential Revisions:  D350        |
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Comment (by carter):

 David pointed me to #5129 and #2273 which touch on related semantic
 concerns in the context of seq. I'm not sure if those same problems apply
 there though.

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