[GHC] #14872: Hex Literals in GHC Core

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#14872: Hex Literals in GHC Core
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        Reporter:  andrewthad        |                Owner:  andrewthad
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  new
        Priority:  lowest            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.2.2
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:  newcomer
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
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Comment (by Ben Gamari <ben@…>):

 In [changeset:"a00b88b9a27736c9c41f1921fcb6b7759ad8425e/ghc" a00b88b/ghc]:
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 #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc"
 revision="a00b88b9a27736c9c41f1921fcb6b7759ad8425e"
 Implement -dword-hex-literals

 Provide flag for showing showing Word# and Word64# as hexadecimal when
 dumping GHC core.  The only affects Word, not Int, and it prefixes the
 hexadecimal with enough zeroes to make the total character count a power
 of two. For example:

 - 0x0C0C instead of 0xC0C
 - 0x00BA00BA instead of 0xBA00BA

 This also affects the presentation of Word# and Word64# in GHC's error
 messages. It is not expected that the flag will be used for this, but
 it is a side-effect worth noting.

 Test Plan: none

 Reviewers: bgamari, simonpj

 Reviewed By: simonpj

 Subscribers: simonpj, mpickering, rwbarton, thomie, carter, andrewthad

 GHC Trac Issues: #14872

 Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D4465
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