[GHC] #14468: Why does alanz's branch blow up GHC's heap?

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#14468: Why does alanz's branch blow up GHC's heap?
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        Reporter:  bgamari           |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  task              |               Status:  new
        Priority:  high              |            Milestone:  8.6.1
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.2.1
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
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Changes (by bgamari):

 * milestone:  8.4.1 => 8.6.1


Comment:

 At this point alanz's branch won't be making it for 8.4, sadly.

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