[GHC] #5161: Poor performance of division; unnecessary branching

[GHC]

#5161: Poor performance of division; unnecessary branching
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    Reporter:  rtvd              |       Owner:                                             
        Type:  bug               |      Status:  patch                                      
    Priority:  normal            |   Component:  libraries/base                             
     Version:  7.0.3             |    Keywords:  div quot rem mod performance slow branching
    Testcase:                    |   Blockedby:                                             
          Os:  Unknown/Multiple  |    Blocking:                                             
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Failure:  Runtime performance bug                    
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Changes (by rtvd):

  * status:  new => patch


Comment:

 Please can someone review and the patch and put it into repository so that
 it would appear in the next GHC release?

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5161#comment:1>
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