Re: [GHC] #16233: HIE file generation is inefficient

#16233: HIE file generation is inefficient -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: harpocrates | Owner: (none) Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 8.7 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: #15320 | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by Ben Gamari ): In [changeset:"5ed48d25decc9dec29659482644b136cff91606e/ghc" 5ed48d25/ghc]: {{{ #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc" revision="5ed48d25decc9dec29659482644b136cff91606e" Include type info for only some exprs in HIE files This commit relinquishes some some type information in `.hie` files in exchange for better performance. See #16233 for more on this. Using `.hie` files to generate hyperlinked sources is a crucial milestone towards Hi Haddock (the initiative to move Haddock to work over `.hi` files and embed docstrings in those). Unfortunately, even after much optimization on the Haddock side, the `.hie` based solution is still considerably slower and more memory hungry than the existing implementation - and the @.hie@ code is to blame. This changes `.hie` file generation to track type information for only a limited subset of expressions (specifically, those that might eventually turn into hyperlinks in the Haddock's hyperlinker backend). }}} -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/16233#comment:4 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler