[GHC] #8405: experiment with using function-sections for linking (for smaller libs and executables)

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#8405: experiment with using function-sections for linking (for smaller libs and
executables)
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        Reporter:  carter            |                   Owner:  olsner
            Type:  task              |                  Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |               Milestone:  7.12.1
       Component:  Compiler          |                 Version:  7.6.3
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Comment (by refold):

 Replying to [comment:11 olsner]:
 > It seems GNU ld actually has scalability issues with very large numbers
 of sections too, unfortunately.

 Have you tried the gold linker?

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