[GHC] #16090: Typeset Big-O complexities with TeX-style notation in libraries/base

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#16090: Typeset Big-O complexities with TeX-style notation in libraries/base
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           Reporter:  supersven      |             Owner:  (none)
               Type:  task           |            Status:  new
           Priority:  normal         |         Milestone:
          Component:                 |           Version:  8.6.3
  libraries/base                     |
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       Architecture:                 |   Type of failure:  None/Unknown
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 In the code review of #15003, @hvr proposed to typeset Big-Os in TeX-style
 instead of using italic (1). This will lead to a more idiomatic
 typesetting.

 See 2 for an example.

 **Task:** Replace all italic Big-Os in libraries/base with TeX-style
 notation.

 1. - https://github.com/ghc/ghc/pull/239#discussion_r242167454
 1. - https://hackage.haskell.org/package/text-containers-0.1.0.0/docs
 /Data-TextSet-Unboxed.html#v:size

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