[GHC] #10823: Don't mark functions with annotations as dead

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#10823: Don't mark functions with annotations as dead
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        Reporter:  spinda            |                   Owner:
            Type:  feature request   |                  Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |               Milestone:  7.12.1
       Component:  Template Haskell  |                 Version:  7.10.2
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Comment (by goldfire):

 Replying to comment:14:

 It seems that this suggestion is equivalent to having a new pragma `{-#
 KEEP_ALIVE thing #-}`. Or even just `{-# KEEP_ALIVE #-}` preceding the
 declaration.

 So, my question is: why do this using `ANN`? Or, conversely, does it make
 sense to do ''all'' identifier specific pragmas using `ANN`? (I'm thinking
 of things like `INLINABLE`.)

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