Re: [GHC] #11271: Costly let binding gets duplicated in IO action value

21 Dec 2015

      #11271: Costly let binding gets duplicated in IO action value
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        Reporter:  dramforever       |                Owner:
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  7.10.2
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
 Type of failure:  Runtime           |  Unknown/Multiple
  performance bug                    |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
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Comment (by nomeata):

 With 7.8, this is reproducable, but there, `-fno-state-hack` _does_ amend
 the problem.

 I think the reason is that since 7.10, interface files leak information
 about one-shot lambdas. This is intentional, but it means that the effect
 of `-fstate-hack` is less local. In particular, in this case, we have this
 in the interface of `System.IO`:
 {{{
 f6fca8f374be656f4987fa89a8843dac
   print :: Show a => a -> IO ()
   {- Arity: 3, Strictness: <L,1*U(A,1*C1(U),A)><L,U><L,U>,
      Unfolding: InlineRule (0, True, True)
                 print1
                   `cast`
                 (forall a. <Show a>_R ->_R <a>_R ->_R Sym (NTCo:IO[0]
 <()>_R)) -}
 26b6b5cf5870ccc833912748cf8c9456
   print1 ::
     Show a => a -> State# RealWorld -> (# State# RealWorld, () #)
   {- Arity: 3, Strictness: <L,1*U(A,1*C1(U),A)><L,U><L,U>,
      Unfolding: InlineRule (3, True, False)
                 (\ @ a $dShow :: Show a x :: a eta :: State#
 RealWorld[OneShot] ->
                  hPutStr2 stdout (show @ a $dShow x) True eta) -}
 }}}
 where the real-world argument is marked as `OneShot`. Without digging
 deeper, I could imagine that this flag will make GHC believe that the
 whole argument to `replicateM_` is one shot and hence inline `ls` into it.

 The ideas in #9388 should amend this problem, but I was stalled there by
 performance regressions. But maybe we should just take the plunge, get rid
 of the state hack in its current form, get a more correct compiler, live
 with the  performance regressions due to that and try to make up for it in
 other ways. Not sure though.

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