[GHC] #7411: Exceptions are optimized away in certain situations

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#7411: Exceptions are optimized away in certain situations
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        Reporter:  SimonHengel       |                Owner:  tdammers
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  high              |            Milestone:  8.6.1
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  7.6.1
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:  seq, deepseq,
                                     |  evaluate, exceptions
Operating System:  Linux             |         Architecture:  x86_64
                                     |  (amd64)
 Type of failure:  Incorrect result  |            Test Case:
  at runtime                         |  simplCore/should_fail/T7411
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:  #5129             |  Differential Rev(s):
       Wiki Page:                    |
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Comment (by simonpj):

 > I think we should at least give the other options a fair try.

 Do you have other options in mind?  This has bugged us for a decade --
 it's why it's called the "state hack".

 Getting perf numbers for compiling everything (incl libraries) with `-fno-
 state-hack` would give us a bit of data to go on.

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