#7307: Share top-level code for strings -------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Reporter: simonpj | Owner: parcs Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.8.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 7.6.1 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 parcs): Replying to [comment:4 carter]:

Very cool! So this would also be possibly part of a first step towards generally "statically constructing/evaluating" small constant data structures at compile time rather than computing them? I'm not familiar with that piece of GHC as yet, but i'll take a wee look at the patch.

The `String` is still created at runtime. But the code that creates a heap object from the static object is no longer duplicated for each string literal in the module. (Hmm, I wonder whether this technique could be generalized for all CAFs, not just top-level strings...) -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7307#comment:5 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler