[GHC] #9878: Static pointers in GHCi cause panic

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#9878: Static pointers in GHCi cause panic
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        Reporter:  monoidal          |                   Owner:
            Type:  bug               |  facundo.dominguez
        Priority:  normal            |                  Status:  patch
       Component:  Compiler          |               Milestone:  7.10.1
      Resolution:                    |                 Version:  7.9
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |                Keywords:
 Type of failure:  GHCi crash        |            Architecture:
      Blocked By:                    |  Unknown/Multiple
 Related Tickets:                    |               Test Case:
                                     |                Blocking:
                                     |  Differential Revisions:  Phab:D586
                                     |  Phab:D587
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Comment (by Austin Seipp <austin@…>):

 In [changeset:"fffbf0627c2c2ee4bc49f9d26a226b39a066945e/ghc"]:
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 #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc"
 revision="fffbf0627c2c2ee4bc49f9d26a226b39a066945e"
 Trac #9878: Make the static form illegal in interpreted mode.

 Summary:
 The entries of the static pointers table are expected to exist as
 object code. Thus we have ghci complain with an intelligible error
 message if the static form is used in interpreted mode.

 It also includes a fix to keysHashTable in Hash.c which could cause a
 crash. The iteration of the hashtable internals was incorrect. This
 patch has the function keysHashTable imitate the iteration in
 freeHashTable.

 Finally, we submit here some minor edits to comments and
 GHC.StaticPtr.StaticPtrInfo field names.

 Authored-by: Alexander Vershilov <alexander.vershilov at tweag.
 Authored-by: Facundo Domínguez <facundo.dominguez at tweag.io>

 Test Plan: ./validate

 Reviewers: simonpj, hvr, austin

 Reviewed By: austin

 Subscribers: carter, thomie, qnikst, mboes

 Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D586

 GHC Trac Issues: #9878
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