Re: [GHC] #13080: Constant values are not floated out of the loop

7 Jan 2017

      #13080: Constant values are not floated out of the loop
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        Reporter:  Feuerbach         |                Owner:
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.2.1
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.0.1
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Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
 Type of failure:  Runtime           |  Unknown/Multiple
  performance bug                    |            Test Case:
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Comment (by dfeuer):

 I missed something. It seems that `{-# NOINLINE #-}` here is effectively
 preventing `poll` from being specialized within its own RHS. While the
 constant argument ends up going away, the constant `Monad` dictionary does
 not. Writing

 {{{#!hs
 poll :: (Monad m) => x -> m a
 poll = go where
   go action = do
     return ()
     go action
 }}}

 fixes the leak. So maybe something needs to be changed to allow internal
 specialization in the face of `NOINLINE`? Of course, that could have some
 other downside.

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