[GHC] #7097: linker fails to load package with binding to foreign library

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#7097: linker fails to load package with binding to foreign library
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    Reporter:  nus             |       Owner:              
        Type:  bug             |      Status:  new         
    Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:              
   Component:  Runtime System  |     Version:  7.4.2       
    Keywords:                  |          Os:  Windows     
Architecture:  x86             |     Failure:  None/Unknown
  Difficulty:  Unknown         |    Testcase:              
   Blockedby:                  |    Blocking:              
     Related:  #2283 #3242     |  
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Comment(by nus):

 It's worth noting that the Windows dynamic linker doesn't actually care
 how the symbol names are prefixed. What matters is what PE/COFF section
 the symbols with the prefixes end up after the partial linkage by GNU ld.
 Cf. "The Imports Section" in [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
 us/magazine/cc301808.aspx "An In-Depth Look into the Win32 Portable
 Executable File Format, Part 2"] and "The .idata Section" in
 [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg463119.aspx "Microsoft
 PE and COFF Specification"].

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