Use -ddump-rule-firings to display rule firings Simon | -----Original Message----- | From: Jan Stolarek [mailto:jan.stolarek@p.lodz.pl] | Sent: 24 April 2013 07:53 | To: Simon Peyton-Jones | Cc: ghc-devs@haskell.org | Subject: Re: Handling of NaN | | Is there a way of measuring how often such a rule is triggered? I think | no programmer will write a program which explicitly compares two | floating point literals, but I'd like to know how often such cases | result from program transformation. | | Janek | | Dnia wtorek, 23 kwietnia 2013, Simon Peyton-Jones napisał: | > Just so. You could make a float rule that constant-folded | > lit1 == lit2 | > to True if lit1 and lit2 were the same, and were not NaNs. | > | > As you point out, being syntactically equal expressions isn't enough. | > | > Simon | > | > | -----Original Message----- | > | From: Jan Stolarek [mailto:jan.stolarek@p.lodz.pl] | > | Sent: 23 April 2013 09:46 | > | To: Simon Peyton-Jones | > | Cc: ghc-devs@haskell.org | > | Subject: Re: Handling of NaN | > | | > | > The rule can test for NaNs, but behave as before for non-NaNs. | > | > That | > | | > | might be best, no? | > | I was thinking about that, but then I thought about such code: | > | | > | f :: Bool | > | f = go 1 == go 2 | > | where nan = 0.0 / 0.0 :: Double | > | go n = if not (isPrime (n * n - n + 41)) | > | then nan | > | else go (n + 1) | > | | > | The compiler would not be able to tell whether 'go' reduces to NaN | > | or not (perhaps not the best possible example because the | > | alternative value is _|_). It would be possible to test for NaNs in | > | some trivial cases where one of the operands really is a NaN, but in | > | general I believe it is impossible to test whether the expression | > | reduces to NaN or not. And the rules need to be correct | > | *always* not *sometimes*. Am I missing something? The only thing | > | that comes to my mind is writing a rule that works only on literals, | > | because for literals we can be sure they are not NaNs (on the other | > | hand I doubt this rule would trigger often). | > | | > | Janek | > | | > | > Simon | > | > | > | > | -----Original Message----- | > | > | From: Jan Stolarek [mailto:jan.stolarek@p.lodz.pl] | > | > | Sent: 22 April 2013 15:51 | > | > | To: Simon Peyton-Jones | > | > | Cc: ghc-devs@haskell.org | > | > | Subject: Re: Handling of NaN | > | > | | > | > | > Same happens in HEAD, so nothing to do with your changes. | > | > | | > | > | I didn't notice that, I was comparing against 7.6.2 :/ | > | > | | > | > | > Better define mkFloatingRelOpRule instead, which doesn't have | > | > | > the | > | > | | > | > | equal-args thing. | > | > | That's what I did initially, but I wasn't sure if that's | > | > | acceptable because some optimisations will be gone, e.g. ==# 3.0 | > | > | 3.0 will not rewrite to #1 (perhaps this isn't that bad, because | > | > | comparing | > | | > | floating | > | | > | > | point numbers for equality isn't a good idea anyway). | > | > | | > | > | Janek | > | > | | > | > | > Simon | > | > | > | > | > | > | -----Original Message----- | > | > | > | From: ghc-devs-bounces@haskell.org | > | > | > | [mailto:ghc-devs-bounces@haskell.org] | > | > | > | On Behalf Of Jan Stolarek | > | > | > | Sent: 22 April 2013 13:48 | > | > | > | To: ghc-devs@haskell.org | > | > | > | Subject: Handling of NaN | > | > | > | | > | > | > | I need some help with my work on ticket #6135. Consider this | > | > | | > | > | program: | > | > | > | {-# LANGUAGE BangPatterns, MagicHash #-} module Main where | > | > | > | | > | > | > | import GHC.Exts | > | > | > | | > | > | > | main = print $ nan## ==## nan## | > | > | > | where !(D# nan##) = 0.0 / 0.0 | > | > | > | | > | > | > | This prints False, which is a correct implementation of | > | > | > | IEEE754 standard. However when I compile this with my | > | > | > | modified compiler | > | | > | that | > | | > | > | > | uses new comparison primops (they return Int# instead of | > | > | > | Bool) I get True, whcih obviously is incorrect. I belive | > | > | > | that | > | | > | the | > | | > | > | > | problem lies in this piece of code from | prelude/PrelRules.hs: | > | > | > | | > | > | > | mkRelOpRule :: Name -> (forall a . Ord a => a -> a -> Bool) | > | > | > | -> [RuleM CoreExpr] -> Maybe CoreRule | > | > | > | mkRelOpRule nm | > | | > | cmp | > | | > | > | > | extra | > | > | > | = mkPrimOpRule nm 2 $ rules ++ extra | > | > | > | where | > | > | > | rules = [ binaryLit (\_ -> cmpOp cmp) | > | > | > | , equalArgs >> | > | > | > | -- x `cmp` x does not depend on x, so | > | > | > | -- compute it for the arbitrary value 'True' | > | > | > | -- and use that result | > | > | > | return (if cmp True True | > | > | > | then trueVal | > | > | > | else falseVal) ] | > | > | > | | > | > | > | It looks that equalArgs suddenly started to return True, | > | > | > | whereas | > | | > | it | > | | > | > | > | previously returned False. On the other hand in GHCi I get | > | | > | correct | > | | > | > | > | result (False). Can anyone give me a hint why is this | happening? | > | > | > | | > | > | > | Janek | > | > | > | | > | > | > | _______________________________________________ | > | > | > | ghc-devs mailing list | > | > | > | ghc-devs@haskell.org | > | > | > | http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs |