[GHC] #5071: GHCi crashes on large alloca/allocaBytes requests

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#5071: GHCi crashes on large alloca/allocaBytes requests
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        Reporter:  guest             |                   Owner:
            Type:  bug               |                  Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |               Milestone:  ⊥
       Component:  Compiler          |                 Version:  7.0.3
      Resolution:                    |                Keywords:  report-
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |  impact
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Architecture:
      Blocked By:                    |  Unknown/Multiple
 Related Tickets:                    |               Test Case:
                                     |                Blocking:
                                     |  Differential Revisions:
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Changes (by thomie):

 * keywords:   => report-impact


Comment:

 Quoting [comment:4 comment:4]:

 > I think we made a mistake in the standard here.  In fact, by changing
 `alloca` to raise an exception I think we'll be ''fixing'' a lot of broken
 code!

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