[GHC] #3345: Support reading .a files in GHCi to reclaim some disk space

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#3345: Support reading .a files in GHCi to reclaim some disk space
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    Reporter:  batterseapower    |        Owner:              
        Type:  feature request   |       Status:  new         
    Priority:  high              |    Milestone:  7.2.1       
   Component:  Compiler          |      Version:  6.10.2      
    Keywords:                    |     Testcase:              
   Blockedby:                    |   Difficulty:  Unknown     
          Os:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Blocking:              
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple  |      Failure:  None/Unknown
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Comment(by igloo):

 It shouldn't even be much slower for the GHC package, as we already have
 object splitting turned off for it.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/3345#comment:6>
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