[GHC] #10397: Compiler performance regression 7.6 -> 7.8 in elimCommonBlocks

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#10397: Compiler performance regression 7.6 -> 7.8 in elimCommonBlocks
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        Reporter:  TobyGoodwin       |                   Owner:
            Type:  bug               |                  Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |               Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |                 Version:  7.8.4
      Resolution:                    |                Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |  performance
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Architecture:
      Blocked By:                    |  Unknown/Multiple
 Related Tickets:                    |               Test Case:  see ticket
                                     |                Blocking:
                                     |  Differential Revisions:
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Comment (by carter):

 If an ord instance can be defined sensibly, perhaps on a new type wrapping
 of that block skeleton, I'd be in favor of that.  It doesn't have to be a
 canonical ordering, merely a valid total ordering living on a new type.

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