[GHC] #9291: Don't reconstruct sum types if the type subtly changes

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#9291: Don't reconstruct sum types if the type subtly changes
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        Reporter:  schyler           |                Owner:
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  7.8.2
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 Type of failure:  Runtime           |  Unknown/Multiple
  performance bug                    |            Test Case:
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Comment (by rwbarton):

 Right, so it's not a very good example. But I think correctness of IO
 mostly relies on the state threading discipline (which doesn't need
 types), combined I guess with the need to preserve the semantics of
 possibly-diverging-but-otherwise-pure programs.

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