[GHC] #13527: ghc has a stack space leak when prints warnings

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#13527: ghc has a stack space leak when prints warnings
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        Reporter:  slyfox            |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.1
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Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
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Comment (by bgamari):

 The issue with `utf8DecodeString` is that we need to decode all `len`
 characters before we can return; we cannot do the decoding lazily as the
 list is demanded since the `Ptr Word8` may be freed. Phab:D3442 adds such
 a variant..

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