[GHC] #11140: add command-line option to GHC to dump raw parse trees of Haskell programs

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#11140: add command-line option to GHC to dump raw parse trees of Haskell programs
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        Reporter:  bollu             |                Owner:
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  new
        Priority:  low               |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  7.10.2
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Comment (by mpickering):

 That is true but by them stages in the compilation pipeline you don't care
 about what the raw format looks like. When modifying the parser  you need
 to know the precise structure of the AST rather than some pretty printed
 version produced by `Outputtable`.

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