(Or, a variant: Do that initialisation, but also do local fixed-

#7994: Make foldl into a good consumer -------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Reporter: simonpj | 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 nomeata): pointing, starting from the stored values, so that when an inner let is re-analysed, but nothing has changed, then there is only one iteration.) Ah, so that is what `ae_virigin` is all about... doing the same trick in my code helps in keeping compilation times down; but I must be introducing bugs somewhere; compiled with my code GHC itself goes into infinite loops – but that is a problem for another day. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7994#comment:6 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler