[GHC] #8901: (very) bad inline heuristics

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#8901: (very) bad inline heuristics
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        Reporter:  heisenbug         |                   Owner:
            Type:  bug               |                  Status:  infoneeded
        Priority:  normal            |               Milestone:
       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:                    |                Blocking:
 Related Tickets:                    |  Differential Revisions:
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Comment (by heisenbug):

 Replying to [comment:2 trommler]:
 > Replying to [ticket:8901 heisenbug]:
 > > The problem is so bad that the PowerPC32 assembler cannot resolve
 cross-routine references.
 > > (I have no error message at hand, but could try to get one.)
 > FWIW
 > The powerpc issue in the time library (#7830) was fixed by @erikd.

 But that bug (#7830) is not closed yet!

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