[GHC] #4270: Out of memory when compiling Statistics.Quantile

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#4270: Out of memory when compiling Statistics.Quantile
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    Reporter:  Itkovian        |        Owner:                     
        Type:  bug             |       Status:  new                
    Priority:  highest         |    Milestone:  7.0.1              
   Component:  Compiler        |      Version:  6.13               
    Keywords:  Out-of-memory   |     Testcase:  Statistics.Quantile
   Blockedby:                  |   Difficulty:                     
          Os:  Linux           |     Blocking:                     
Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)  |      Failure:  Compile-time crash 
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Comment(by simonpj):

 Replying to [comment:5 rl]:
 > Is the oom problem in `Quantile` caused by this as well?

 I'm not sure, but I think Ian believes so.

 > As to `zipWithM` and other stream functions, optimising them is
 pointless as they will always be inlined.

 It really is a very big function to inline at every call site!

 Simon

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