[GHC] #12397: Support for PDB debug information generation

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#12397: Support for PDB debug information generation
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        Reporter:  varosi            |                Owner:
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.0.1
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Operating System:  Windows           |         Architecture:
                                     |  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
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Description changed by varosi:

@@ -3,1 +3,2 @@
- platform.
+ platform. There are great Windows tools for profiling and debugging that
+ are sitting on PDB files.

New description:

 It would be great if GHC support PDB files for debugging. This will help
 in Windows debugging and it will gain more stronger positions on Windows
 platform. There are great Windows tools for profiling and debugging that
 are sitting on PDB files.

 Here I found format description. I'm not sure if it is similar to DWARF so
 it could be easily generated from existing DWARF implementation.
 https://github.com/Microsoft/microsoft-pdb

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