I think this flag is useful for debugging e.g. why something didn't optimize the way you thought. On Nov 6, 2014 1:05 PM, wrote:

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commit ad8457f93807e3b7a9a24867ed69dc93662a29e3 Author: Jan Stolarek Date: Wed Nov 5 13:37:25 2014 +0100

Remove -ddump-simpl-phases flag

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ad8457f93807e3b7a9a24867ed69dc93662a29e3 compiler/main/DynFlags.hs | 15 +++------------ compiler/simplCore/CoreMonad.lhs | 40 ++++++---------------------------------- compiler/simplCore/SimplCore.lhs | 9 +++++---- docs/users_guide/debugging.xml | 11 ----------- docs/users_guide/flags.xml | 6 ------ 5 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-)

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