Is there unused code in GHC source?
Dear devs, I'm trying to dig into GHC code and one thing is wondering me. Does the source contain old fragments of code that are not used anymore? Well, for such a big project the answer will probably be 'yes', but I'm wondering what the scale of this might be. I thought that such leftovers could be a bit misleading and I want to know if I should stay alert :) Janek
Almost certainly some, but probably not all that much. Do highlight any that you find. Simon | -----Original Message----- | From: ghc-devs-bounces@haskell.org [mailto:ghc-devs-bounces@haskell.org] | On Behalf Of Jan Stolarek | Sent: 14 January 2013 13:00 | To: ghc-devs@haskell.org | Subject: Is there unused code in GHC source? | | Dear devs, | | I'm trying to dig into GHC code and one thing is wondering me. Does the | source contain old fragments of code that are not used anymore? Well, | for such a big project the answer will probably be 'yes', but I'm | wondering what the scale of this might be. I thought that such leftovers | could be a bit misleading and I want to know if I should stay alert :) | | Janek | | _______________________________________________ | ghc-devs mailing list | ghc-devs@haskell.org | http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs
Dnia poniedziałek, 14 stycznia 2013, Simon Peyton-Jones napisał:
Almost certainly some, but probably not all that much. Do highlight any that you find. Thanks. I will.
My question was inspired by comment in $(TOP)/ghc-tarballs/perl/README "This perl binary has been part of GHC distributions for some time. We don't know where it originally came from." Which suggests that also the purpose of that binary might be unknown :) I thought that similar things might be happening in the code. Jan
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