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[GHC] #10074: Implement the 'Improved LLVM Backend' proposal
by GHC 01 Feb '18

01 Feb '18

#10074: Implement the 'Improved LLVM Backend' proposal -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: | Owner: thoughtpolice thoughtpolice | Status: new Type: task | Milestone: 7.12.1 Priority: high | Version: Component: Compiler | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple (LLVM) | Type of failure: None/Unknown Keywords: llvm, | Blocked By: codegen | Related Tickets: Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: Phab:D530 | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- This is a meta ticket designed to reflect the current implementation status of the 'Improved LLVM Backend' proposal, documented here: https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/ImprovedLLVMBackend -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10074> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #9885: ghc-pkg parser eats too much memory
by GHC 22 Jan '18

22 Jan '18

#9885: ghc-pkg parser eats too much memory -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: gnezdo | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: ghc-pkg | Version: 7.8.3 Keywords: | Operating System: Linux Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Type of failure: Runtime Difficulty: Moderate (less | performance bug than a day) | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Revisions: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Parsing of spec files in ghc-pkg scales very poorly. The following script demonstrates memory consumption growth as a function of the number of tokens in ld-options (16K leads to ~6G) #!/bin/bash # Demonstrates memory consumption behavior of ghc-pkg as a function of # the number of ld-options arguments. for i in {10..14}; do size=$((1 << $i)) echo $size rm -fr a.packages /usr/bin/ghc-pkg init a.packages cat > a.spec <<EOF name: project id: project license: AllRightsReserved version: 1.0 EOF echo -n ld-options: >> a.spec for i in $(seq 1 $size); do echo -n "x "; done >> a.spec /usr/bin/time /usr/bin/ghc-pkg --global-package-db a.packages register --force a.spec done exit 0 # This was collected with ghc-7.6.3. 7.8.3 fares as badly. % bash a.sh 1024 Reading package info from "a.spec" ... done. 0.03user 0.00system 0:00.03elapsed 97%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 17848maxresident)k 0inputs+32outputs (0major+4973minor)pagefaults 0swaps 2048 Reading package info from "a.spec" ... done. 0.09user 0.01system 0:00.10elapsed 99%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 60872maxresident)k 0inputs+56outputs (0major+15723minor)pagefaults 0swaps 4096 Reading package info from "a.spec" ... done. 0.41user 0.07system 0:00.49elapsed 99%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 294340maxresident)k 0inputs+104outputs (0major+74090minor)pagefaults 0swaps 8192 Reading package info from "a.spec" ... done. 1.72user 0.30system 0:02.04elapsed 99%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 1168836maxresident)k 0inputs+192outputs (0major+292716minor)pagefaults 0swaps 16384 Reading package info from "a.spec" ... done. 9.11user 1.38system 0:10.51elapsed 99%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 5396932maxresident)k 0inputs+376outputs (0major+1349736minor)pagefaults 0swaps -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9885> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #9285: IO manager startup procedure somewhat odd
by GHC 15 Jan '18

15 Jan '18

#9285: IO manager startup procedure somewhat odd ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: edsko | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: low | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.8.2 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Type of failure: None/Unknown Difficulty: Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Currently the RTS startup procedure for the threaded runtime with a single capability looks something like this: '''1. Capability gets initialized''' {{{ hs_main real_main hs_init_ghc initScheduler initCapabilities }}} '''2. IO Manager is started''' {{{ hs_main real_main hs_init_ghc ioManagerStart }}} '''3. ensureIOManagerIsRunning''' The IO manager of course is mostly written in Haskell, so `ioManagerStart` does {{{ cap = rts_lock(); rts_evalIO(&cap,&base_GHCziConcziIO_ensureIOManagerIsRunning_closure,NULL); rts_unlock(cap); }}} '''4. Bound task is created and we start running Haskell code''' Since this is the first call to `rts_lock`, it creates a bound task to correspond to the current OS thread. '''5. Haskell code does a safe FFI call: create worker task 1''' The first safe FFI call that the IO manager makes (ignoring `labelThread`) is to `c_setIOManagerControlFd`. At this point, the bound task gets suspended and we create a worker task. '''6. Worker task 1 starts executing `GHC.Event.Manager.loop`''' The worker tasks gets suspended due to an explicit call to `yield` in `GHC.Event.Manager.step`, at which point the bound task continues execution. It continues and finishes (`ensureIOManagerRunning` completes). The worker task takes over. '''7. Worker task 1 does a safe FFI call to `I.poll`, create new worker task 2''' (This safe call is from `GHC.Event.Manager.step`) '''8. Worker task 2 executes `GHC.Event.TimerManager.loop`, and does safe FFI call to `I.poll`; create worker task 3''' This worker task will remain spare for now. '''9. Start executing the actual main function''' The IO manager calls `rts_unlock`, which verifies if there are any spare workers available; it finds that there are and doesn't start a new one. Then when we start `main` itself of course we go through this `rts_lock, rts_evalIO, rts_unlock` sequence ''again''. This is somewhat confusing, and makes tracing the startup of the code more difficult to interpret. It seems that this could be simpler: only a single `rts_lock` should be necessary, in which we first call `ensureIOManagerIsRunning` and then `main`, followed by a single `rts_unlock`. A similar simplification should be possible in `forkProcess`. -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9285> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #10634: Type class with bijective type functions
by GHC 14 Jan '18

14 Jan '18

#10634: Type class with bijective type functions -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: Lemming | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.10.1 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: GHC rejects Unknown/Multiple | valid program Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Revisions: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- See the attached module. {{{ $ cat TypeFunctionBijection.hs {-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-} module TypeFunctionBijection where import Data.Int (Int8, Int16, Int32) type family Up a type instance Up Int8 = Int16 type instance Up Int16 = Int32 class (Up (Down a) ~ a) => Convert a where type Down a down :: a -> Down a instance Convert Int16 where type Down Int16 = Int8 down = fromIntegral instance Convert Int32 where type Down Int32 = Int16 down = fromIntegral x :: Int8 x = down 8 }}} {{{ $ ghci-7.8.4 -Wall TypeFunctionBijection.hs GHCi, version 7.8.4: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help Loading package ghc-prim ... linking ... done. Loading package integer-gmp ... linking ... done. Loading package base ... linking ... done. [1 of 1] Compiling TypeFunctionBijection ( TypeFunctionBijection.hs, interpreted ) Ok, modules loaded: TypeFunctionBijection. *TypeFunctionBijection> :q Leaving GHCi. }}} {{{ $ ghci-7.10.1 -Wall TypeFunctionBijection.hs GHCi, version 7.10.1: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help [1 of 1] Compiling TypeFunctionBijection ( TypeFunctionBijection.hs, interpreted ) TypeFunctionBijection.hs:24:5: Couldn't match expected type ‘Int8’ with actual type ‘Down a0’ The type variable ‘a0’ is ambiguous In the expression: down 8 In an equation for ‘x’: x = down 8 Failed, modules loaded: none. Prelude> :q Leaving GHCi. }}} Up to GHC-7.8.4 I could make a type function like `Down` a bijection by adding equality constraints to the `Convert` class. In GHC-7.10.1 this fails. Is this a bug or a feature? -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10634> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #10245: panic in new integer switch logic with "out-of-range" literals
by GHC 07 Jan '18

07 Jan '18

#10245: panic in new integer switch logic with "out-of-range" literals -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: rwbarton | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: high | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.11 (CodeGen) | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Keywords: | Type of failure: Compile-time Architecture: x86_64 | crash (amd64) | Blocked By: Test Case: | Related Tickets: Blocking: | Differential Revisions: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Compiling this module {{{ module D (f) where f :: Int -> String f n = case n of 0x8000000000000000 -> "yes" _ -> "no" }}} crashes with the error {{{ [1 of 1] Compiling D ( /tmp/D.hs, /tmp/D.o ) ghc-stage1: panic! (the 'impossible' happened) (GHC version 7.11.20150403 for x86_64-unknown-linux): Map.findMin: empty map has no minimal element }}} The constant does not have to be exactly `0x8000000000000000`, everything I tested from there up to `0xffffffffffffffff` yields the same crash. Also occurs with `Word` and negative literals. The bug seems to be tied to the target's word size somehow, though: a 64-bit compiler does not panic on `Int32` and `0x80000000`, but a 32-bit compiler does. -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10245> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #10617: Panic in GHCi debugger with GADTs, PolyKinds and Phantom types
by GHC 02 Jan '18

02 Jan '18

#10617: Panic in GHCi debugger with GADTs, PolyKinds and Phantom types -----------------------------------------+------------------------------- Reporter: bjmprice | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: GHCi | Version: 7.10.1 Keywords: | Operating System: Linux Architecture: x86_64 (amd64) | Type of failure: GHCi crash Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Revisions: | -----------------------------------------+------------------------------- Potentially related: #10616 (I noticed this one first, and in simplifying the code it changed to that error - note TcUnify.hs vs TcType.hs) The code {{{#!hs {-# LANGUAGE GADTs , PolyKinds #-} data AppTreeT (a::k) where Con :: AppTreeT a App :: AppTreeT a -> AppTreeT b -> AppTreeT (a b) tmt :: AppTreeT (Maybe Bool) tmt = App (Con :: AppTreeT Maybe) Con f :: AppTreeT a -> Bool f (App (c@Con) _) = const True c f _ = False }}} when loaded in ghci runs fine without breakpoints, but panics when breaking on {{{f (App )c@Con) _) = ...}}}: {{{ *Main> f tmt True *Main> :break 11 Breakpoint 0 activated at DebuggerCrash2.hs:11:21-32 *Main> f tmt ghc-stage2: panic! (the 'impossible' happened) (GHC version 7.11.20150708 for x86_64-unknown-linux): ASSERT failed! file compiler/typecheck/TcType.hs line 739 k_anx }}} It fails to load in 7.4.1: {{{DebuggerCrash2.hs:3:19: parse error on input `k'}}} It fails to load in 7.8.2: {{{ DebuggerCrash2.hs:5:50: Kind occurs check The first argument of ‘a’ should have kind ‘k0’, but ‘b’ has kind ‘k0 -> k1’ In the type ‘AppTreeT (a b)’ In the definition of data constructor ‘App’ In the data declaration for ‘AppTreeT’ }}} It has the panic in both 7.10.1 and HEAD@d71b65f53a1daa2631d2c818c7ea6add77813532 {{{uname -a: Linux cam-05-unx 3.5.0-54-generic #81~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 15 04:02:22 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux}}} {{{ gcc -v: Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=gcc COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6/lto-wrapper Target: x86_64-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.6/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program- suffix=-4.6 --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.6 --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable- libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-plugin --enable- objc-gc --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic --enable- checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) }}} With {{{ghci-7.10.1 -v}}} {{{ GHCi, version 7.10.1: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help Glasgow Haskell Compiler, Version 7.10.1, stage 2 booted by GHC version 7.8.2 Using binary package database: /5playpen/t-bepric/ghc-7.10.1-build/inplace/lib/package.conf.d/package.cache wired-in package ghc-prim mapped to ghc-prim-0.4.0.0-inplace wired-in package integer-gmp mapped to integer-gmp-1.0.0.0-inplace wired-in package base mapped to base-4.8.0.0-inplace wired-in package rts mapped to builtin_rts wired-in package template-haskell mapped to template- haskell-2.10.0.0-inplace wired-in package ghc mapped to ghc-7.10.1-inplace wired-in package dph-seq not found. wired-in package dph-par not found. Hsc static flags: Loading package ghc-prim-0.4.0.0 ... linking ... done. *** gcc: /usr/bin/gcc -fno-stack-protector -DTABLES_NEXT_TO_CODE -L/5playpen/t-bepric/ghc-7.10.1-build/libraries/integer-gmp2/dist- install/build --print-file-name libgmp.so Loading package integer-gmp-1.0.0.0 ... linking ... done. Loading package base-4.8.0.0 ... linking ... done. wired-in package ghc-prim mapped to ghc-prim-0.4.0.0-inplace wired-in package integer-gmp mapped to integer-gmp-1.0.0.0-inplace wired-in package base mapped to base-4.8.0.0-inplace wired-in package rts mapped to builtin_rts wired-in package template-haskell mapped to template- haskell-2.10.0.0-inplace wired-in package ghc mapped to ghc-7.10.1-inplace wired-in package dph-seq not found. wired-in package dph-par not found. *** Chasing dependencies: Chasing modules from: Stable obj: [] Stable BCO: [] unload: retaining objs [] unload: retaining bcos [] Ready for upsweep [] Upsweep completely successful. *** Deleting temp files: Deleting: *** Chasing dependencies: Chasing modules from: *DebuggerCrash2.hs Stable obj: [] Stable BCO: [] unload: retaining objs [] unload: retaining bcos [] Ready for upsweep [NONREC ModSummary { ms_hs_date = 2015-07-08 13:56:59 UTC ms_mod = Main, ms_textual_imps = [import (implicit) Prelude] ms_srcimps = [] }] *** Deleting temp files: Deleting: compile: input file DebuggerCrash2.hs Created temporary directory: /tmp/ghc22446_0 *** Checking old interface for Main: [1 of 1] Compiling Main ( DebuggerCrash2.hs, interpreted ) *** Parser: *** Renamer/typechecker: *** Desugar: Result size of Desugar (before optimization) = {terms: 32, types: 72, coercions: 1} Result size of Desugar (after optimization) = {terms: 26, types: 55, coercions: 0} *** Simplifier: Result size of Simplifier iteration=1 = {terms: 24, types: 79, coercions: 2} Result size of Simplifier = {terms: 21, types: 76, coercions: 2} *** Tidy Core: Result size of Tidy Core = {terms: 31, types: 109, coercions: 4} *** CorePrep: Result size of CorePrep = {terms: 45, types: 157, coercions: 5} *** ByteCodeGen: Upsweep completely successful. *** Deleting temp files: Deleting: /tmp/ghc22446_0/ghc22446_2.c /tmp/ghc22446_0/ghc22446_1.o Warning: deleting non-existent /tmp/ghc22446_0/ghc22446_2.c Warning: deleting non-existent /tmp/ghc22446_0/ghc22446_1.o Ok, modules loaded: Main. *Main> f tmt *** Parser: *** Desugar: *** Simplify: *** CorePrep: *** ByteCodeGen: True *Main> :break 11 Breakpoint 0 activated at DebuggerCrash2.hs:11:21-32 *Main> f tmt *** Parser: *** Desugar: *** Simplify: *** CorePrep: *** ByteCodeGen: ghc-stage2: panic! (the 'impossible' happened) (GHC version 7.10.1 for x86_64-unknown-linux): ASSERT failed! file compiler/typecheck/TcType.hs line 730 k_an3 }}} -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10617> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #10616: Panic in ghci debugger with PolyKinds and PhantomTypes
by GHC 02 Jan '18

02 Jan '18

#10616: Panic in ghci debugger with PolyKinds and PhantomTypes -----------------------------------------+------------------------------- Reporter: bjmprice | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: GHCi | Version: 7.10.1 Keywords: | Operating System: Linux Architecture: x86_64 (amd64) | Type of failure: GHCi crash Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Revisions: | -----------------------------------------+------------------------------- The code {{{#!hs {-# LANGUAGE PolyKinds #-} data D a = A | B f d@A = const True d f B = False }}} when loaded in ghci, runs fine without breakpoints, but panics when breaking on {{{f A}}}, thus: {{{ *Main> f A True *Main> :break 5 Breakpoint 0 activated at DebuggerCrash.hs:5:9-20 *Main> f A ghc-stage2: panic! (the 'impossible' happened) (GHC version 7.10.1 for x86_64-unknown-linux): ASSERT failed! file compiler/typecheck/TcUnify.hs line 1138 k_amp }}} It is fine in 7.4.1 and 7.8.1. It panics in 7.10.1 and HEAD@d71b65f53a1daa2631d2c818c7ea6add77813532 Without one (or both) of PolyKinds or the phantom type it runs fine. {{{uname -a: Linux cam-05-unx 3.5.0-54-generic #81~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 15 04:02:22 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux}}} {{{ gcc -v: Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=gcc COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6/lto-wrapper Target: x86_64-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.6/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program- suffix=-4.6 --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.6 --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable- libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-plugin --enable- objc-gc --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic --enable- checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) }}} With {{{ghci-7.10.1 -v}}} {{{ ghci-7.10.1 -v ./DebuggerCrash.hs GHCi, version 7.10.1: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help Glasgow Haskell Compiler, Version 7.10.1, stage 2 booted by GHC version 7.8.2 Using binary package database: /5playpen/t-bepric/ghc-7.10.1-build/inplace/lib/package.conf.d/package.cache wired-in package ghc-prim mapped to ghc-prim-0.4.0.0-inplace wired-in package integer-gmp mapped to integer-gmp-1.0.0.0-inplace wired-in package base mapped to base-4.8.0.0-inplace wired-in package rts mapped to builtin_rts wired-in package template-haskell mapped to template- haskell-2.10.0.0-inplace wired-in package ghc mapped to ghc-7.10.1-inplace wired-in package dph-seq not found. wired-in package dph-par not found. Hsc static flags: Loading package ghc-prim-0.4.0.0 ... linking ... done. *** gcc: /usr/bin/gcc -fno-stack-protector -DTABLES_NEXT_TO_CODE -L/5playpen/t-bepric/ghc-7.10.1-build/libraries/integer-gmp2/dist- install/build --print-file-name libgmp.so Loading package integer-gmp-1.0.0.0 ... linking ... done. Loading package base-4.8.0.0 ... linking ... done. wired-in package ghc-prim mapped to ghc-prim-0.4.0.0-inplace wired-in package integer-gmp mapped to integer-gmp-1.0.0.0-inplace wired-in package base mapped to base-4.8.0.0-inplace wired-in package rts mapped to builtin_rts wired-in package template-haskell mapped to template- haskell-2.10.0.0-inplace wired-in package ghc mapped to ghc-7.10.1-inplace wired-in package dph-seq not found. wired-in package dph-par not found. *** Chasing dependencies: Chasing modules from: Stable obj: [] Stable BCO: [] unload: retaining objs [] unload: retaining bcos [] Ready for upsweep [] Upsweep completely successful. *** Deleting temp files: Deleting: *** Chasing dependencies: Chasing modules from: *DebuggerCrash.hs Stable obj: [] Stable BCO: [] unload: retaining objs [] unload: retaining bcos [] Ready for upsweep [NONREC ModSummary { ms_hs_date = 2015-07-08 14:18:11 UTC ms_mod = Main, ms_textual_imps = [import (implicit) Prelude] ms_srcimps = [] }] *** Deleting temp files: Deleting: compile: input file DebuggerCrash.hs Created temporary directory: /tmp/ghc22370_0 *** Checking old interface for Main: [1 of 1] Compiling Main ( DebuggerCrash.hs, interpreted ) *** Parser: *** Renamer/typechecker: *** Desugar: Result size of Desugar (before optimization) = {terms: 16, types: 26, coercions: 0} Result size of Desugar (after optimization) = {terms: 12, types: 18, coercions: 0} *** Simplifier: Result size of Simplifier iteration=1 = {terms: 12, types: 20, coercions: 0} Result size of Simplifier = {terms: 12, types: 20, coercions: 0} *** Tidy Core: Result size of Tidy Core = {terms: 12, types: 20, coercions: 0} *** CorePrep: Result size of CorePrep = {terms: 16, types: 30, coercions: 0} *** ByteCodeGen: Upsweep completely successful. *** Deleting temp files: Deleting: /tmp/ghc22370_0/ghc22370_2.c /tmp/ghc22370_0/ghc22370_1.o Warning: deleting non-existent /tmp/ghc22370_0/ghc22370_2.c Warning: deleting non-existent /tmp/ghc22370_0/ghc22370_1.o Ok, modules loaded: Main. *Main> f A *** Parser: *** Desugar: *** Simplify: *** CorePrep: *** ByteCodeGen: True *Main> :break 5 Breakpoint 0 activated at DebuggerCrash.hs:5:9-20 *Main> f A *** Parser: *** Desugar: *** Simplify: *** CorePrep: *** ByteCodeGen: ghc-stage2: panic! (the 'impossible' happened) (GHC version 7.10.1 for x86_64-unknown-linux): ASSERT failed! file compiler/typecheck/TcUnify.hs line 1138 k_amp }}} -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10616> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #8487: Debugger confuses variables
by GHC 02 Jan '18

02 Jan '18

#8487: Debugger confuses variables ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: edsko | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.7 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Type of failure: None/Unknown Difficulty: Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Consider the following example: {{{ import Control.Exception f = do ma <- try $ evaluate a case ma of Right str -> return a Left err -> return $ show (err :: SomeException) where a :: String a = error "hi" }}} Load into ghci, set a breakpoint on the 5th line, then run f: {{{ :break 5 f }}} You will get {{{ Stopped at Ex.hs:(5,3)-(7,53) _result :: IO String = _ a :: Either SomeException String = Left _ }}} This doesn't make sense. `a` has type `String`; it is `ma` that has type `Either SomeException String`. -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8487> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #8642: Allow GHCi to print non-pretty forms of things.
by GHC 29 Dec '17

29 Dec '17

#8642: Allow GHCi to print non-pretty forms of things. ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: Fuuzetsu | Owner: Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: GHCi | Version: 7.7 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Type of failure: None/Unknown Difficulty: Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Currently when we ask GHCi for :info or :type of something, it will do things like splitting over multiple lines and all that eye candy that people like to see. This however makes it more difficult for people to write text editor plugins &c that rely on GHCi output. Currently one has to write parsers to stitch the GHCi output back together which is fairly error prone and not really future-proof. Is there any chance for a more machine-friendly output? -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8642> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #9291: Don't reconstruct sum types if the type subtly changes
by GHC 28 Dec '17

28 Dec '17

#9291: Don't reconstruct sum types if the type subtly changes ----------------------------------------------+---------------------------- Reporter: schyler | Owner: Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.8.2 Keywords: | Operating System: Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Unknown/Multiple Difficulty: Moderate (less than a day) | Type of failure: Blocked By: | None/Unknown Related Tickets: | Test Case: | Blocking: ----------------------------------------------+---------------------------- Consider this test case: {{{ module Main (main) where fun :: Either Int String -> Either String String fun x = case x of Left int -> Left (show int) Right str -> Right str {-# NOINLINE fun #-} main :: IO () main = do l <- getLine print $ fun (Right l) }}} The core we get for fun looks like: {{{ Main.fun [InlPrag=NOINLINE] :: Data.Either.Either GHC.Types.Int GHC.Base.String -> Data.Either.Either GHC.Base.String GHC.Base.String [GblId, Arity=1, Caf=NoCafRefs, Str=DmdType <S,1*U>] Main.fun = \ (x_aur :: Data.Either.Either GHC.Types.Int GHC.Base.String) -> case x_aur of _ [Occ=Dead] { Data.Either.Left int_aus -> Data.Either.Left @ GHC.Base.String @ GHC.Base.String (GHC.Show.$fShowInt_$cshow int_aus); Data.Either.Right str_aCG -> Data.Either.Right @ GHC.Base.String @ GHC.Base.String str_aCG } }}} There would be less allocations and probably perform better if we just coerced `x` into the new type. Because the coercion is common code, this also means that if hypothetically some other sum type which had 15 constructors, and only 3 had subtle type changes, 12 of the case branches could be CSE'd into the single coerce greatly reducing code generated and also hinting the inliner better. -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9291> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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