[GHC] #605: Optimisation: strict enumerations

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#605: Optimisation: strict enumerations
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 Reporter:  simonmar  |          Owner:                    
     Type:  task      |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  normal    |      Milestone:  _|_               
Component:  Compiler  |        Version:  None              
 Severity:  normal    |     Resolution:  None              
 Keywords:            |     Difficulty:  Difficult (1 week)
 Testcase:  N/A       |   Architecture:  Unknown           
       Os:  Unknown   |  
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Changes (by simonmar):

  * milestone:  6.8 branch => _|_

Comment:

 We get much of the benefit of this optimisation from pointer-tagging (in
 6.8.1), so the payoff will be less.  Probably still worth doing, but not
 as important now.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/605#comment:5>
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