[GHC] #8573: "evacuate: strange closure type 0" when creating large array

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#8573: "evacuate: strange closure type 0" when creating large array
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        Reporter:  nad               |                Owner:  rwbarton
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Runtime System    |              Version:  7.6.3
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Linux             |         Architecture:
                                     |  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  Runtime crash     |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:                    |  Differential Rev(s):
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Comment (by bgamari):

 With GHC HEAD I get,
 {{{
 $ ghc --make hi.hs -O -main-is strangeClosureType
 [1 of 1] Compiling Main             ( hi.hs, hi.o )
 Linking hi ...
 $ ./hi
 2111752566
 hi: Out of memory
 }}}

 rwbarton, I suppose your thought was that the primop implementations
 should also do their own integer overflow checks? I'm not entirely
 convinced that is necessary.

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