[GHC] #5541: Data.Bits.setBit misbehaves on bad input

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#5541: Data.Bits.setBit misbehaves on bad input
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    Reporter:  nomeata           |       Owner:               
        Type:  bug               |      Status:  new          
    Priority:  normal            |   Component:  Compiler     
     Version:  7.0.4             |    Keywords:               
    Testcase:                    |   Blockedby:               
          Os:  Unknown/Multiple  |    Blocking:               
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Failure:  Runtime crash
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Comment(by daniel.is.fischer):

 gmp itself calls abort() when trying to allocate too much. Is it sensible
 to install a handler for `SIGABRT` to transform it into a Haskell
 exception?

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5541#comment:1>
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