[GHC] #5042: STM, newArray, and a stack overflow

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#5042: STM, newArray, and a stack overflow
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    Reporter:  basvandijk        |       Owner:                   
        Type:  bug               |      Status:  new              
    Priority:  normal            |   Component:  libraries (other)
     Version:  7.0.2             |    Keywords:                   
    Testcase:                    |   Blockedby:                   
          Os:  Unknown/Multiple  |    Blocking:                   
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Failure:  None/Unknown     
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 Ketil Malde [http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-
 cafe/2011-March/090419.html discovered] a stack overflow in the `newArray`
 method of a `TArray`

 The attached patch fixes it by replacing `replicateM`, which causes the
 stackoverflow, with the custom `rep` which doesn't.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5042>
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