[GHC] #12848: Reduce long-term memory usage of GHCi

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#12848: Reduce long-term memory usage of GHCi
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        Reporter:  arybczak         |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  feature request  |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal           |            Milestone:
       Component:  GHCi             |              Version:  8.0.1
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Operating System:  Linux            |         Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)
 Type of failure:  Other            |            Test Case:
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Comment (by saurabhnanda):

 I have proposed this as an idea for GSoC / HSoC at https://github.com
 /haskell-org/summer-of-haskell/pull/15/files

 If anyone is interesting in mentoring students working on fixing this
 space leak, please participate in the discussion at https://github.com
 /haskell-org/summer-of-haskell/issues/29

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