[GHC] #2786: Blackhole loops are not detected and reported in GHCi

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#2786: Blackhole loops are not detected and reported in GHCi
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    Reporter:  simonmar          |       Owner:                  
        Type:  bug               |      Status:  new             
    Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  _|_             
   Component:  GHCi              |     Version:  6.8.3           
    Keywords:                    |          Os:  Unknown/Multiple
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Failure:  None/Unknown    
  Difficulty:  Unknown           |    Testcase:                  
   Blockedby:                    |    Blocking:                  
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Comment(by marlowsd@…):

 commit 206c8fc3ebd64c40ae09742fdea09ffd0f915d5c
 {{{
 Author: Simon Marlow <marlowsd at gmail.com>
 Date:   Thu Apr 12 11:21:02 2012 +0100

     Allow threads in GHCi to receive BlockedIndefintely* exceptions
 (#2786)

     This is a partial fix for #2786.  It seems we still don't get
     NonTermination exceptions for interpreted computations, but we do now
     get the BlockedIndefinitely family.

  compiler/main/InteractiveEval.hs |    4 +-
  compiler/utils/Panic.lhs         |   55
 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
  2 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
 }}}

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