[GHC] #11723: TYPE 'UnboxedTupleRep is a lie

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#11723: TYPE 'UnboxedTupleRep is a lie
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        Reporter:  goldfire          |                Owner:
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  high              |            Milestone:  8.0.1
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.1
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Comment (by goldfire):

 I thought of that. But GHC's current story around `PrimRep`s -- which is
 what the code generator uses -- keeps unboxed tuples entirely separate. So
 I think it's best to echo that here, too. Perhaps we can revisit this
 later.

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