#9289: add anyToAddr# :: (#a#)-> Addr# primop (inverse of addrToAny#) ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: carter | Owner: Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.10.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 7.8.2 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Type of failure: None/Unknown Difficulty: Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- I was talking with Reid Barton, and he pointed out that having a primop with type {{{ anyToAddr# :: (#a#)-> Addr# }}} would help with a lot of performance hacking. One use case would be running prefetch on lifted values without evaluating them. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9289 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler