That's the flag I would expect. It doesn't seem to help or hinder availability of unfoldings in GHCi. Do you think it should?
And Happy Birthday, Simon! Warmly, - Conal On Monday, January 18, 2016, Simon Peyton Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > Or -fexpose-all-unfoldings? > > Simon > > | -----Original Message----- > | From: ghc-devs [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > | Edward Z. Yang > | Sent: 18 January 2016 06:37 > | To: Conal Elliott <[email protected]> > | Cc: Andrew Farmer <[email protected]>; [email protected] > | Subject: Re: ghci and unfoldings? > | > | Does passing -fobject-code solve your problem? > | > | Edward > | > | Excerpts from Conal Elliott's message of 2016-01-17 22:18:49 -0800: > | > Hi Brandon. Thanks for the reply. I’m not sure that it addresses > | what > | > I was trying to ask. GHCi *does* invoke plugins and even reloads > | those > | > plugins dynamically when their source code changes. So in this sense > | > ghci does enable optimization, even if it doesn’t perform much > | > optimization on its own. And of course plugins and unfolding are not > | just about optimization. > | > > | > I’m not looking for ghci to do optimization, but rather to enable me > | > to more easily develop my GHC plugins. It’s *almost* there already. > | I > | > just need access to unfoldings from other modules for my plugin’s > | use. > | > > | > For context, I’m rebuilding my Haskell-to-hardware compiler > | > <https://github.com/conal/talk-2015-haskell-to-hardware>, which > | relies > | > on giving a non-standard but principled interpretation of Haskell > | > programs via a conversion through the language of cartesian closed > | categories (CCCs). > | > The first back-end is hardware generation (e.g., via Verilog), and I > | > have plans for several other CCC-based interpretations. > | > > | > In addition to facilitating my plugin development, hosting in ghci > | > will make it much more pleasant for others to *use* the plugin > | during > | > exploratory programming, just as with ghci use in general. With > | access > | > to unfoldings, users will be able to generate circuit diagrams and > | > Verilog like those in my compiler talk immediately and directly from > | > within ghci. I also intend to make a GPU back-end for fast > | interactive > | > graphics etc, which would be much more fun in ghci than with batch > | compilation. > | > I hope this explanation clarifies my goals and motivation. I hope > | > there’s a way to access unfoldings from ghci currently or with a > | small > | > amount of effort. > | > > | > Regards, - Conal > | > > | > On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 7:00 PM, Brandon Allbery > | <[email protected]> > | > wrote: > | > > | > > On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 9:40 PM, Conal Elliott <[email protected]> > | wrote: > | > > > | > >> I'm developing a GHC plugin (using HERMIT), and I'd like to use > | > >> ghci to speed up development. I'm able to do so, except that my > | > >> plugin critically needs access to unfoldings, which appear to be > | > >> unavailable in ghci. A little experimenting with ghc shows me > | that > | > >> "-O" is the key, but "-O" is incompatible with "--interactive" > | (as > | > >> in ghci). Is there any way to persuade ghci to make unfoldings > | available? > | > > > | > > > | > > I think unfoldings are only done as part of optimization, and the > | > > bytecode backend doesn't support optimization at all. > | > > > | > > -- > | > > brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine > | > > associates > | > > [email protected] > | > > [email protected] > | > > unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad > | > > > | https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3a%2f%2fsine > | > > > | nomine.net&data=01%7c01%7csimonpj%40064d.mgd.microsoft.com%7cbaf2ef5 > | > > > | 5f8af447b42e608d31fd1cec1%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sda > | > > ta=qMNmL5LmkgMp0ebkr6SzPQIwhySqOicZgEdW%2fhe6Q%2b0%3d > | > > > | _______________________________________________ > | ghc-devs mailing list > | [email protected] > | https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3a%2f%2fmail.h > | askell.org%2fcgi-bin%2fmailman%2flistinfo%2fghc- > | devs%0a&data=01%7c01%7csimonpj%40064d.mgd.microsoft.com%7cbaf2ef55f8af > | 447b42e608d31fd1cec1%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=veoz > | Ab6M7N9jZaJZ9tgXZ%2fI8jq7U%2b4YM1FcSXvqTcaw%3d >
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