[GHC] #11565: Restore code to handle '-fmax-worker-args' flag

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#11565: Restore code to handle '-fmax-worker-args' flag
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        Reporter:  slyfox            |                Owner:
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  7.10.3
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Comment (by simonpj):

 Yes, it's bad for worker/wrapper to generate a worker function with a vast
 number of arguments.  Some limit in the worker/wrapper generator would be
 a Good Thing.

 Should not be too hard.  Unlike the old days, we don't need to trim the
 strictness signature.  In the old days, the strictness signature was used
 by importing modules to generate an appropriate wrapper; but now the
 wrapper is conveyed by an ordinary inlining.  So there is just one place
 the choice is made, namely when generating the worker/wrapper split.

 I can advise if someone wants to try this

 Simon

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