Re: [GHC] #14816: Missed Called Arity opportunity?

22 Feb 2018

      #14816: Missed Called Arity opportunity?
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        Reporter:  dfeuer            |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.6.1
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.2.2
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Comment (by sgraf):

 I spent some time thinking about how to implement this, but given that
 `lazy_fvs` plays a largely different role for thunks (unleashes strictness
 through signatures and stores usage in `lazy_fvs`) vs. non-thunks (puts
 weak demands into `lazy_fvs`, e.g. `` and `` which won't
 change anymore during fixpointing), I don't think pursuing this is worth
 the trouble.

 I'm afraid we just have to live with free variables getting a second-class
 treatment compared to parameters for the time being. This is another good
 argument for eventually splitting the demand analyser into its three sub-
 analyses.

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