[GHC] #8199: Get rid of HEAP_ALLOCED

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#8199: Get rid of HEAP_ALLOCED
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        Reporter:  ezyang            |                   Owner:  ezyang
            Type:  feature request   |                  Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |               Milestone:  7.12.1
       Component:  Compiler          |                 Version:  7.7
      Resolution:                    |                Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |            Architecture:
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |               Test Case:
      Blocked By:  5435              |                Blocking:
 Related Tickets:                    |  Differential Revisions:  D207
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Comment (by ezyang):

 Simon, are you thinking doing some sort of lazy committing for the 32MB
 bitmap, so that most of it doesn't need to backed with real memory? I
 guess I don't see any reason this shouldn't work.

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