#8590: Reduce code size of CAFs -------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Reporter: parcs | Owner: parcs Type: feature request | Status: patch Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler (NCG) | Version: 7.7 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Difficulty: Unknown Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Comment (by simonpj): Looks great to me. Could you bear to write a `Note [How CAFs are compiled]` in `StgCmmBind` (and perhaps cross-refer from `Storage.c`) so that there is a little writeup of the logic involved. Or maybe the Note belongs somewhere else. It would be good to cover (briefly) * What code we generate for CAFs * How and why they are reverted * What the CAF list is and why it is needed. Alternatively, elaborate this page [wiki:Commentary/Rts/Storage/GC/CAFs], and cross-refer to it from the code. While it's all fresh in your mind. Doubtless you had to infer lots of stuff from the code! Simon -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8590#comment:6 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler