[GHC] #11366: Control.Exception.assert should perhaps take an implicit call stack

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#11366: Control.Exception.assert should perhaps take an implicit call stack
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        Reporter:  bgamari           |                Owner:
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        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.0.1
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  7.10.3
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Comment (by gridaphobe):

 We actually do this already, but it's `assertError` that checks the
 assertion and gets the CallStack. GHC rewrites `assert` to `assertError`
 unless optimizations are enabled; `assert` is just `const id`.

 I suppose it would be consistent to give `assert` a CallStack too, but GHC
 will (rightly) complain that it's unused.

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