Fix bug in VectInfo loading

[ghc-hetmet.git] / compiler / iface / MkIface.lhs

diff --git a/compiler/iface/MkIface.lhs b/compiler/iface/MkIface.lhs
index b11c1e0..f972a91 100644 (file)
--- a/compiler/iface/MkIface.lhs
+++ b/compiler/iface/MkIface.lhs
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ We produce a line for every module B below the module, A, currently being
 compiled:
        import B <n> ;
 to record the fact that A does import B indirectly.  This is used to decide
-to look to look for B.hi rather than B.hi-boot when compiling a module that
+to look for B.hi rather than B.hi-boot when compiling a module that
 imports A.  This line says that A imports B, but uses nothing in it.
 So we'll get an early bale-out when compiling A if B's version changes.
 
@@ -181,6 +181,10 @@ code of A, and thereby haul in all the stuff reachable from it.
 haul in all the unfoldings for B, in case the module that imports A *is*
 compiled with -O.  I think this is the case.]
 
+SimonM [30/11/2007]: I believe the above is all out of date; the
+current implementation doesn't do it this way.  Instead, when any of
+the dependencies of a declaration changes, the version of the
+declaration itself changes.
 
 \begin{code}
 #include "HsVersions.h"