[GHC] #2965: GHC on OS X does not compile 64-bit

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#2965: GHC on OS X does not compile 64-bit
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    Reporter:  Axman6           |        Owner:  igloo                
        Type:  feature request  |       Status:  new                  
    Priority:  normal           |    Milestone:  7.0.1                
   Component:  Compiler         |      Version:                       
    Keywords:  64bit            |     Testcase:                       
   Blockedby:                   |   Difficulty:  Unknown              
          Os:  MacOS X          |     Blocking:                       
Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)   |      Failure:  Installing GHC failed
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Comment(by gidyn):

 Replying to [comment:34 simonmar]:
 > Bear in mind that the 64-bit build will use twice as much memory, so I
 can imagine some people might still want the 32-bit version, especially
 since a large proportion of OS X machines are laptops.

 Pointers might be twice as long, but the data shouldn't magically double
 in size.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2965#comment:71>
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