Re: [GHC] #12354: Word foldl' isn't optimized as well as Int foldl'

1 Jul 2016

      #12354: Word foldl' isn't optimized as well as Int foldl'
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        Reporter:  kjslag            |                Owner:
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.0.1
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 Type of failure:  Runtime           |  Unknown/Multiple
  performance bug                    |            Test Case:
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Comment (by bgamari):

 I think it's reasonable to expect that `Word` and `Int` optimize roughly
 as well. I might even go so far to say that the same should be expected of
 the narrower `Word` and `Int` variants.

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