I simply mean that the same constant is not emitted more than once to memory. I.e. If a constant string is used twice, there is only one value in .rodata for it.
On Fri, Sep 21, 2018, 01:20 Carter Schonwald <carter.schonw...@gmail.com> wrote: > what precisely do you mean by constant pooling? i can guess several > meanings, but what do you mean specifically? > > On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 10:33 AM Phyx <loneti...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I'm hoping someone here can save me some time. I'm working on something >> that relies on constants in the same translation unit being pooled before >> assembly. >> >> I've noticed GHC does some const pooling at -O1 , but this doesn't seem >> to be very consistent, which leads me to believe this is a byproduct of >> another optimization rather than an explicit thing. >> >> I couldn't find anything obvious in the sources, so does GHC >> intentionally do constant pooling already? Or do I need a new pass to >> guarantee it. >> >> Thanks, >> Tamar >> > _______________________________________________ >> ghc-devs mailing list >> ghc-devs@haskell.org >> http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs >> >
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