[GHC] #3021: A way to programmatically insert marks into heap profiling output

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#3021: A way to programmatically insert marks into heap profiling output
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    Reporter:  SamB              |        Owner:                  
        Type:  feature request   |       Status:  new             
    Priority:  normal            |    Milestone:                  
   Component:  Profiling         |      Version:  6.10.1          
    Severity:  normal            |   Resolution:                  
    Keywords:  profiling         |   Difficulty:  Unknown         
    Testcase:                    |           Os:  Unknown/Multiple
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple  |  
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Comment (by malcolm.wallace at cs.york.ac.uk):

 For reference, if you do decide to add this feature, it would be good to
 use the same interface as nhc98 already has:
 {{{
 profile :: String -> a -> a
 }}}
 which is similar to the common side-effecting "trace" function in
 semantics.

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