[GHC] #12745: Compile cmm file for register allocator stats

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#12745: Compile cmm file for register allocator stats
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        Reporter:  tjakway           |                Owner:  tjakway
            Type:  task              |               Status:  new
        Priority:  lowest            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler (NCG)    |              Version:  8.0.1
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:  #12744            |  Differential Rev(s):  Phab:D2621
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Description changed by tjakway:

@@ -2,4 +2,3 @@
- and to start I'm trying to write a function (mostly modeled on
- hscCompileCmmFile and cmmNativeGen) that will compile a cmm file and
- return register allocation stats (that can then be asserted against).  It
- should be less cumbersome to use than cmmNativeGen.
+ and to start I'm trying to write a function that will compile a cmm file
+ and return register allocation stats (that can then be asserted against).
+ It should be less cumbersome to use than cmmNativeGen.

New description:

 I'm trying to write a unit test for the graph coloring register allocator
 and to start I'm trying to write a function that will compile a cmm file
 and return register allocation stats (that can then be asserted against).
 It should be less cumbersome to use than cmmNativeGen.

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