[GHC] #11172: Turning on optimisations produces SEGFAULT or Impossible case alternative

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#11172: Turning on optimisations produces SEGFAULT or Impossible case alternative
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        Reporter:  nh2               |                Owner:  bgamari
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  highest           |            Milestone:  8.0.1
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  7.10.2
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Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
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 Type of failure:  Runtime crash     |            Test Case:
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Comment (by jscholl):

 It only works when I manually include the important bits of 514bac2/ghc,
 otherwise it seg-faults. So the only working version right now should be
 HEAD as the fix dos not seem to be included any other branch yet.

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