[GHC] #14672: Make likelyhood of branches/conditions available throughout the compiler.

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#14672: Make likelyhood of branches/conditions available throughout the compiler.
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        Reporter:  AndreasK          |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  task              |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.2.2
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
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 Related Tickets:                    |  Differential Rev(s):  Phab:D4316
       Wiki Page:                    |  Phab:D4324 Phab:D4327
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Comment (by bgamari):

 Sadly not really; the closest thing we have is some notes at the top of
 `CmmParse.y`.  I agree that this is a terrible situation, especially given
 that some performance-critical user packages actually use C--.

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