FIX #2197: an update frame might point to an IND_OLDGEN

[ghc-hetmet.git] / compiler / simplCore / SimplUtils.lhs

diff --git a/compiler/simplCore/SimplUtils.lhs b/compiler/simplCore/SimplUtils.lhs
index 6d22505..f298ace 100644 (file)
--- a/compiler/simplCore/SimplUtils.lhs
+++ b/compiler/simplCore/SimplUtils.lhs
@@ -353,6 +353,11 @@ mkArgInfo :: Id
          -> ArgInfo
 
 mkArgInfo fun n_val_args call_cont
+  | n_val_args < idArity fun           -- Note [Unsaturated functions]
+  = ArgInfo { ai_rules = False
+           , ai_strs = vanilla_stricts 
+           , ai_discs = vanilla_discounts }
+  | otherwise
   = ArgInfo { ai_rules = interestingArgContext fun call_cont
            , ai_strs  = arg_stricts
            , ai_discs = arg_discounts }
@@ -383,7 +388,20 @@ mkArgInfo fun n_val_args call_cont
                   else
                        map isStrictDmd demands ++ vanilla_stricts
 
-         other -> vanilla_stricts      -- Not enough args, or no strictness
+              | otherwise
+              -> WARN( True, text "More demands than arity" <+> ppr fun <+> ppr (idArity fun) 
+                               <+> ppr n_val_args <+> ppr demands ) 
+                  vanilla_stricts      -- Not enough args, or no strictness
+
+{- Note [Unsaturated functions]
+  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Consider (test eyeball/inline4)
+       x = a:as
+       y = f x
+where f has arity 2.  Then we do not want to inline 'x', because
+it'll just be floated out again.  Even if f has lots of discounts
+on its first argument -- it must be saturated for these to kick in
+-}
 
 interestingArgContext :: Id -> SimplCont -> Bool
 -- If the argument has form (f x y), where x,y are boring,
@@ -748,7 +766,7 @@ activeInline env id
   = case getMode env of
       SimplGently -> False
        -- No inlining at all when doing gentle stuff,
-       -- except for local things that occur once
+       -- except for local things that occur once (pre/postInlineUnconditionally)
        -- The reason is that too little clean-up happens if you 
        -- don't inline use-once things.   Also a bit of inlining is *good* for
        -- full laziness; it can expose constant sub-expressions.