import TyCon
import Type
import CostCentre ( CostCentreStack, currentCCS )
+import Control.Monad (when)
import Maybes
import Util
import FastString
-- The Sequel is a type-correct assignment, albeit bogus.
-- The (dead) continuation loops; it would be better to invoke some kind
-- of panic function here.
-cgCase scrut@(StgApp v []) bndr _ _ _
- | not (isUnLiftedType (idType v)) && reps_incompatible
- =
+ --
+ -- However, we also want to allow an assignment to be generated
+ -- in the case when the types are compatible, because this allows
+ -- some slightly-dodgy but occasionally-useful casts to be used,
+ -- such as in RtClosureInspect where we cast an HValue to a MutVar#
+ -- so we can print out the contents of the MutVar#. If we generate
+ -- code that enters the HValue, then we'll get a runtime panic, because
+ -- the HValue really is a MutVar#. The types are compatible though,
+ -- so we can just generate an assignment.
+cgCase (StgApp v []) bndr _ alt_type@(PrimAlt _) alts
+ | isUnLiftedType (idType v)
+ || reps_compatible
+ = -- assignment suffices for unlifted types
+ do { when (not reps_compatible) $
+ panic "cgCase: reps do not match, perhaps a dodgy unsafeCoerce?"
+ ; v_info <- getCgIdInfo v
+ ; emit (mkAssign (CmmLocal (idToReg (NonVoid bndr))) (idInfoToAmode v_info))
+ ; _ <- bindArgsToRegs [NonVoid bndr]
+ ; cgAlts NoGcInAlts (NonVoid bndr) alt_type alts }
+ where
+ reps_compatible = idCgRep v == idCgRep bndr
+
+cgCase scrut@(StgApp v []) _ _ (PrimAlt _) _
+ = -- fail at run-time, not compile-time
do { mb_cc <- maybeSaveCostCentre True
; withSequel (AssignTo [idToReg (NonVoid v)] False) (cgExpr scrut)
; restoreCurrentCostCentre mb_cc
; emit $ mkComment $ mkFastString "should be unreachable code"
; emit $ withFreshLabel "l" (\l -> mkLabel l <*> mkBranch l)}
- where
- reps_incompatible = idCgRep v /= idCgRep bndr
cgCase scrut bndr srt alt_type alts
- = do { up_hp_usg <- getVirtHp -- Upstream heap usage
+ = -- the general case
+ do { up_hp_usg <- getVirtHp -- Upstream heap usage
; let ret_bndrs = chooseReturnBndrs bndr alt_type alts
alt_regs = map idToReg ret_bndrs
simple_scrut = isSimpleScrut scrut alt_type