[GHC] #3840: ghc-6.12.1 takes longer to compile code and produces bigger binaries compared to ghc-6.10.4

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#3840: ghc-6.12.1 takes longer to compile code and produces bigger binaries
compared to ghc-6.10.4
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    Reporter:  maeder    |        Owner:              
        Type:  bug       |       Status:  new         
    Priority:  normal    |    Milestone:              
   Component:  Compiler  |      Version:  6.12.1      
    Keywords:            |   Difficulty:              
          Os:  Linux     |     Testcase:              
Architecture:  x86       |      Failure:  None/Unknown
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Comment(by simonmar):

 Replying to [comment:4 maeder]:
 > Maybe you (or someone else) could check if (or why) the ghc binary
 itself is much bigger when compiled with ghc-6.12.1 versus ghc-6.10.4. Or
 why the new binary distribution is so much bigger?

 One reason the GHC binary is bigger is that it now has all the native code
 generators compiled in, whereas in 6.10 it only had one.  Doubtless the
 compiler has just got bigger between 6.10 and 6.12 too.

 The distribution is bigger because it now contains shared libraries.

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