#8107: need types to express constant argument for primop correctness -------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Reporter: carter | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.6.3 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 carter): a better example motivating "reallyactually compile time constants" is supporting the various SIMD vector shuffling operations, i'll cook up an exposition of that if anyone would like that explained more -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8107#comment:4 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler