[GHC] #11094: Cost-center heap profiler should be able to emit samples to eventlog

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#11094: Cost-center heap profiler should be able to emit samples to eventlog
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           Reporter:  bgamari        |             Owner:
               Type:  feature        |            Status:  new
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           Priority:  normal         |         Milestone:
          Component:  Compiler       |           Version:  7.10.2
           Keywords:                 |  Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple
       Architecture:                 |   Type of failure:  Other
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 Often when looking at heap profiles I find myself wishing that I had
 better tools for aligning the heap behavior to various events in the
 lifetime of my program. The eventlog provides a nice facility for marking
 these events, why not record heap profile samples in the eventlog as well?

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