[GHC] #955: more object-code blow-up in ghc-6.8.3 vs. ghc-6.4.2 (both with optimization)

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#955: more object-code blow-up in ghc-6.8.3 vs. ghc-6.4.2 (both with
optimization)
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 Reporter:  maeder at tzi.de             |          Owner:          
     Type:  run-time performance bug  |         Status:  reopened
 Priority:  high                      |      Milestone:  6.10.1  
Component:  Compiler                  |        Version:  6.8.3   
 Severity:  normal                    |     Resolution:          
 Keywords:  object-code blow-up       |     Difficulty:  Unknown 
 Testcase:                            |   Architecture:  Multiple
       Os:  Multiple                  |  
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Comment (by simonpj):

 Adding data from Christian:
  * For ghc-6.8.2 our compressed binary hets.bz2 shrunk from 7.2 MB to 6.6
 MB

  * For ghc-6.8.3 from 13 MB to 6.8 MB

 (some manual instance are left in our code)

 http://www.informatik.uni-
 bremen.de/agbkb/forschung/formal_methods/CoFI/hets/linux/daily/
 http://www.informatik.uni-
 bremen.de/agbkb/forschung/formal_methods/CoFI/hets/linux/versions/

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/955#comment:14>
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