RE: Simplifier output explanation needed

2005-06-07 Thread Simon Peyton-Jones
Yes $s is for specialised versions of (usually overloaded) functions. If you are using -02 you can also get specialised versions from so-called constructor specialisation, when the function is specialised for a particular argument pattern. I don't know why the strictness annotations disappear,

RE: ghc-pkg, recompilation check

2005-06-07 Thread Simon Marlow
On 06 June 2005 15:42, Serge D. Mechveliani wrote: And in 6.4, make dm reports ... Reading package info from stdin... done. ghc-pkg: invalid package identifier: The syntax of package descriptions has changed. Documentation for the new format is here:

RE: GHC hang

2005-06-07 Thread Simon Peyton-Jones
There is definitely a performance bug somewhere in GHC, and we're collecting cases that show it up. It'd be ideal if you, or someone else, could snip out a standalone module or two that demonstrates the problem, rather than all of WASH. If not, we'll try to tackle it directly. Simon |

RE: GHC hang

2005-06-07 Thread Duncan Coutts
On Tue, 2005-06-07 at 10:52 +0100, Simon Peyton-Jones wrote: There is definitely a performance bug somewhere in GHC, and we're collecting cases that show it up. It'd be ideal if you, or someone else, could snip out a standalone module or two that demonstrates the problem, rather than all of