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by Teo Camarasu at 2026-03-19T19:18:54+00:00
ghc-internal: Float Generics to near top of module graph
We remove GHC.Internal.Generics from the critical path of the
`ghc-internal` module graph. GHC.Internal.Generics used to be in the
middle of the module graph, but now it is nearer the top (built later).
This change thins out the module graph and allows us to get rid of the
ByteOrder hs-boot file.
We implement this by moving Generics instances from the module where the
datatype is defined to the GHC.Internal.Generics module. This trades off
increasing the compiled size of GHC.Internal.Generics with reducing the
dependency footprint of datatype modules.
Not all instances are moved to GHC.Internal.Generics. For instance,
`GHC.Internal.Control.Monad.Fix` keeps its instance as it is one of the
very last modules compiled in `ghc-internal` and so inverting the
relationship here would risk adding GHC.Internal.Generics back onto the
critical path.
We also don't change modules that are re-exported from the `template-haskell` or `ghc-heap`.
This is done to make it easy to eventually move `Generics` to `base`
once something like #26657 is implemented.
Resolves #26930
Metric Decrease:
T21839c