\begin{code}
module CoreUtils (
-- Construction
- mkNote, mkInlineMe, mkSCC, mkCoerce, mkCoerce2,
+ mkInlineMe, mkSCC, mkCoerce, mkCoerce2,
bindNonRec, needsCaseBinding,
mkIfThenElse, mkAltExpr, mkPiType, mkPiTypes,
-- Taking expressions apart
- findDefault, findAlt, hasDefault,
+ findDefault, findAlt,
-- Properties of expressions
- exprType, coreAltsType,
- exprIsBottom, exprIsDupable, exprIsTrivial, exprIsCheap,
+ exprType, coreAltType,
+ exprIsDupable, exprIsTrivial, exprIsCheap,
exprIsValue,exprOkForSpeculation, exprIsBig,
- exprIsConApp_maybe,
+ exprIsConApp_maybe, exprIsBottom,
rhsIsStatic,
-- Arity and eta expansion
hashExpr,
-- Equality
- cheapEqExpr, eqExpr, applyTypeToArgs, applyTypeToArg
+ cheapEqExpr, tcEqExpr, tcEqExprX, applyTypeToArgs, applyTypeToArg
) where
#include "HsVersions.h"
import GLAEXTS -- For `xori`
import CoreSyn
+import CoreFVs ( exprFreeVars )
import PprCore ( pprCoreExpr )
-import Var ( Var, isId, isTyVar )
+import Var ( Var )
+import VarSet ( unionVarSet )
import VarEnv
-import Name ( hashName, isDllName )
+import Name ( hashName )
+import Packages ( isDllName )
+import CmdLineOpts ( DynFlags )
import Literal ( hashLiteral, literalType, litIsDupable,
- litIsTrivial, isZeroLit )
+ litIsTrivial, isZeroLit, Literal( MachLabel ) )
import DataCon ( DataCon, dataConRepArity, dataConArgTys,
- isExistentialDataCon, dataConTyCon, dataConName )
+ isVanillaDataCon, dataConTyCon )
import PrimOp ( PrimOp(..), primOpOkForSpeculation, primOpIsCheap )
import Id ( Id, idType, globalIdDetails, idNewStrictness,
mkWildId, idArity, idName, idUnfolding, idInfo,
- isOneShotLambda, isDataConWorkId_maybe, mkSysLocal,
+ isOneShotBndr, isStateHackType, isDataConWorkId_maybe, mkSysLocal,
isDataConWorkId, isBottomingId
)
import IdInfo ( GlobalIdDetails(..), megaSeqIdInfo )
import NewDemand ( appIsBottom )
import Type ( Type, mkFunTy, mkForAllTy, splitFunTy_maybe,
- splitFunTy,
+ splitFunTy, tcEqTypeX,
applyTys, isUnLiftedType, seqType, mkTyVarTy,
- splitForAllTy_maybe, isForAllTy, splitNewType_maybe,
- splitTyConApp_maybe, eqType, funResultTy, applyTy,
- funResultTy, applyTy
+ splitForAllTy_maybe, isForAllTy, splitRecNewType_maybe,
+ splitTyConApp_maybe, coreEqType, funResultTy, applyTy
)
import TyCon ( tyConArity )
+-- gaw 2004
import TysWiredIn ( boolTy, trueDataCon, falseDataCon )
import CostCentre ( CostCentre )
import BasicTypes ( Arity )
import Unique ( Unique )
import Outputable
import TysPrim ( alphaTy ) -- Debugging only
-import Util ( equalLength, lengthAtLeast )
-import TysPrim ( statePrimTyCon )
+import Util ( equalLength, lengthAtLeast, foldl2 )
\end{code}
exprType (Var var) = idType var
exprType (Lit lit) = literalType lit
exprType (Let _ body) = exprType body
-exprType (Case _ _ alts) = coreAltsType alts
+exprType (Case _ _ ty alts) = ty
exprType (Note (Coerce ty _) e) = ty -- **! should take usage from e
exprType (Note other_note e) = exprType e
exprType (Lam binder expr) = mkPiType binder (exprType expr)
exprType other = pprTrace "exprType" (pprCoreExpr other) alphaTy
-coreAltsType :: [CoreAlt] -> Type
-coreAltsType ((_,_,rhs) : _) = exprType rhs
+coreAltType :: CoreAlt -> Type
+coreAltType (_,_,rhs) = exprType rhs
\end{code}
@mkPiType@ makes a (->) type or a forall type, depending on whether
mkNote removes redundant coercions, and SCCs where possible
\begin{code}
+#ifdef UNUSED
mkNote :: Note -> CoreExpr -> CoreExpr
mkNote (Coerce to_ty from_ty) expr = mkCoerce2 to_ty from_ty expr
mkNote (SCC cc) expr = mkSCC cc expr
mkNote InlineMe expr = mkInlineMe expr
mkNote note expr = Note note expr
+#endif
-- Slide InlineCall in around the function
-- No longer necessary I think (SLPJ Apr 99)
mkCoerce2 :: Type -> Type -> CoreExpr -> CoreExpr
mkCoerce2 to_ty from_ty (Note (Coerce to_ty2 from_ty2) expr)
- = ASSERT( from_ty `eqType` to_ty2 )
+ = ASSERT( from_ty `coreEqType` to_ty2 )
mkCoerce2 to_ty from_ty2 expr
mkCoerce2 to_ty from_ty expr
- | to_ty `eqType` from_ty = expr
- | otherwise = ASSERT( from_ty `eqType` exprType expr )
+ | to_ty `coreEqType` from_ty = expr
+ | otherwise = ASSERT( from_ty `coreEqType` exprType expr )
Note (Coerce to_ty from_ty) expr
\end{code}
-- It's used by the desugarer to avoid building bindings
-- that give Core Lint a heart attack. Actually the simplifier
-- deals with them perfectly well.
+
bindNonRec bndr rhs body
- | needsCaseBinding (idType bndr) rhs = Case rhs bndr [(DEFAULT,[],body)]
+ | needsCaseBinding (idType bndr) rhs = Case rhs bndr (exprType body) [(DEFAULT,[],body)]
| otherwise = Let (NonRec bndr rhs) body
needsCaseBinding ty rhs = isUnLiftedType ty && not (exprOkForSpeculation rhs)
mkIfThenElse :: CoreExpr -> CoreExpr -> CoreExpr -> CoreExpr
mkIfThenElse guard then_expr else_expr
- = Case guard (mkWildId boolTy)
- [ (DataAlt trueDataCon, [], then_expr),
- (DataAlt falseDataCon, [], else_expr) ]
+-- Not going to be refining, so okay to take the type of the "then" clause
+ = Case guard (mkWildId boolTy) (exprType then_expr)
+ [ (DataAlt falseDataCon, [], else_expr), -- Increasing order of tag!
+ (DataAlt trueDataCon, [], then_expr) ]
\end{code}
This makes it easy to find, though it makes matching marginally harder.
\begin{code}
-hasDefault :: [CoreAlt] -> Bool
-hasDefault ((DEFAULT,_,_) : alts) = True
-hasDefault _ = False
-
findDefault :: [CoreAlt] -> ([CoreAlt], Maybe CoreExpr)
findDefault ((DEFAULT,args,rhs) : alts) = ASSERT( null args ) (alts, Just rhs)
findDefault alts = (alts, Nothing)
= case alts of
(deflt@(DEFAULT,_,_):alts) -> go alts deflt
other -> go alts panic_deflt
-
where
panic_deflt = pprPanic "Missing alternative" (ppr con $$ vcat (map ppr alts))
- go [] deflt = deflt
- go (alt@(con1,_,_) : alts) deflt | con == con1 = alt
- | otherwise = ASSERT( not (con1 == DEFAULT) )
- go alts deflt
+ go [] deflt = deflt
+ go (alt@(con1,_,_) : alts) deflt
+ = case con `cmpAltCon` con1 of
+ LT -> deflt -- Missed it already; the alts are in increasing order
+ EQ -> alt
+ GT -> ASSERT( not (con1 == DEFAULT) ) go alts deflt
\end{code}
\begin{code}
exprIsCheap :: CoreExpr -> Bool
-exprIsCheap (Lit lit) = True
-exprIsCheap (Type _) = True
-exprIsCheap (Var _) = True
-exprIsCheap (Note InlineMe e) = True
-exprIsCheap (Note _ e) = exprIsCheap e
-exprIsCheap (Lam x e) = isRuntimeVar x || exprIsCheap e
-exprIsCheap (Case e _ alts) = exprIsCheap e &&
+exprIsCheap (Lit lit) = True
+exprIsCheap (Type _) = True
+exprIsCheap (Var _) = True
+exprIsCheap (Note InlineMe e) = True
+exprIsCheap (Note _ e) = exprIsCheap e
+exprIsCheap (Lam x e) = isRuntimeVar x || exprIsCheap e
+exprIsCheap (Case e _ _ alts) = exprIsCheap e &&
and [exprIsCheap rhs | (_,_,rhs) <- alts]
-- Experimentally, treat (case x of ...) as cheap
-- (and case __coerce x etc.)
-- counts as WHNF
| otherwise = case globalIdDetails id of
DataConWorkId _ -> True
- RecordSelId _ -> True -- I'm experimenting with making record selection
+ RecordSelId _ _ -> True -- I'm experimenting with making record selection
ClassOpId _ -> True -- look cheap, so we will substitute it inside a
-- lambda. Particularly for dictionary field selection
exprIsBottom e = go 0 e
where
-- n is the number of args
- go n (Note _ e) = go n e
- go n (Let _ e) = go n e
- go n (Case e _ _) = go 0 e -- Just check the scrut
- go n (App e _) = go (n+1) e
- go n (Var v) = idAppIsBottom v n
- go n (Lit _) = False
- go n (Lam _ _) = False
+ go n (Note _ e) = go n e
+ go n (Let _ e) = go n e
+ go n (Case e _ _ _) = go 0 e -- Just check the scrut
+ go n (App e _) = go (n+1) e
+ go n (Var v) = idAppIsBottom v n
+ go n (Lit _) = False
+ go n (Lam _ _) = False
+ go n (Type _) = False
idAppIsBottom :: Id -> Int -> Bool
idAppIsBottom id n_val_args = appIsBottom (idNewStrictness id) n_val_args
case splitTyConApp_maybe to_ty of {
Nothing -> Nothing ;
- Just (tc, tc_arg_tys) | tc /= dataConTyCon dc -> Nothing
- | isExistentialDataCon dc -> Nothing
- | otherwise ->
+ Just (tc, tc_arg_tys) | tc /= dataConTyCon dc -> Nothing
+ | not (isVanillaDataCon dc) -> Nothing
+ | otherwise ->
-- Type constructor must match
-- We knock out existentials to keep matters simple(r)
let
and the \s is a real-world state token abstraction. Such abstractions
are almost invariably 1-shot, so we want to pull the \s out, past the
let x=E, even if E is expensive. So we treat state-token lambdas as
-one-shot even if they aren't really. The hack is in Id.isOneShotLambda.
+one-shot even if they aren't really. The hack is in Id.isOneShotBndr.
3. Dealing with bottom
-- | otherwise = ATop
arityType (Var v)
- = mk (idArity v)
+ = mk (idArity v) (arg_tys (idType v))
where
- mk :: Arity -> ArityType
- mk 0 | isBottomingId v = ABot
- | otherwise = ATop
- mk n = AFun False (mk (n-1))
-
- -- When the type of the Id encodes one-shot-ness,
- -- use the idinfo here
+ mk :: Arity -> [Type] -> ArityType
+ -- The argument types are only to steer the "state hack"
+ -- Consider case x of
+ -- True -> foo
+ -- False -> \(s:RealWorld) -> e
+ -- where foo has arity 1. Then we want the state hack to
+ -- apply to foo too, so we can eta expand the case.
+ mk 0 tys | isBottomingId v = ABot
+ | otherwise = ATop
+ mk n (ty:tys) = AFun (isStateHackType ty) (mk (n-1) tys)
+ mk n [] = AFun False (mk (n-1) [])
+
+ arg_tys :: Type -> [Type] -- Ignore for-alls
+ arg_tys ty
+ | Just (_, ty') <- splitForAllTy_maybe ty = arg_tys ty'
+ | Just (arg,res) <- splitFunTy_maybe ty = arg : arg_tys res
+ | otherwise = []
-- Lambdas; increase arity
-arityType (Lam x e) | isId x = AFun (isOneShotLambda x || isStateHack x) (arityType e)
+arityType (Lam x e) | isId x = AFun (isOneShotBndr x) (arityType e)
| otherwise = arityType e
-- Applications; decrease arity
-- Case/Let; keep arity if either the expression is cheap
-- or it's a 1-shot lambda
-arityType (Case scrut _ alts) = case foldr1 andArityType [arityType rhs | (_,_,rhs) <- alts] of
+ -- The former is not really right for Haskell
+ -- f x = case x of { (a,b) -> \y. e }
+ -- ===>
+ -- f x y = case x of { (a,b) -> e }
+ -- The difference is observable using 'seq'
+arityType (Case scrut _ _ alts) = case foldr1 andArityType [arityType rhs | (_,_,rhs) <- alts] of
xs@(AFun one_shot _) | one_shot -> xs
xs | exprIsCheap scrut -> xs
| otherwise -> ATop
arityType other = ATop
-isStateHack id = case splitTyConApp_maybe (idType id) of
- Just (tycon,_) | tycon == statePrimTyCon -> True
- other -> False
-
- -- The last clause is a gross hack. It claims that
- -- every function over realWorldStatePrimTy is a one-shot
- -- function. This is pretty true in practice, and makes a big
- -- difference. For example, consider
- -- a `thenST` \ r -> ...E...
- -- The early full laziness pass, if it doesn't know that r is one-shot
- -- will pull out E (let's say it doesn't mention r) to give
- -- let lvl = E in a `thenST` \ r -> ...lvl...
- -- When `thenST` gets inlined, we end up with
- -- let lvl = E in \s -> case a s of (r, s') -> ...lvl...
- -- and we don't re-inline E.
- --
- -- It would be better to spot that r was one-shot to start with, but
- -- I don't want to rely on that.
- --
- -- Another good example is in fill_in in PrelPack.lhs. We should be able to
- -- spot that fill_in has arity 2 (and when Keith is done, we will) but we can't yet.
-
{- NOT NEEDED ANY MORE: etaExpand is cleverer
ok_note InlineMe = False
ok_note other = True
; Nothing ->
-- Given this:
- -- newtype T = MkT (Int -> Int)
+ -- newtype T = MkT ([T] -> Int)
-- Consider eta-expanding this
-- eta_expand 1 e T
-- We want to get
- -- coerce T (\x::Int -> (coerce (Int->Int) e) x)
+ -- coerce T (\x::[T] -> (coerce ([T]->Int) e) x)
+ -- Only try this for recursive newtypes; the non-recursive kind
+ -- are transparent anyway
- case splitNewType_maybe ty of {
+ case splitRecNewType_maybe ty of {
Just ty' -> mkCoerce2 ty ty' (eta_expand n us (mkCoerce2 ty' ty expr) ty') ;
- Nothing -> pprTrace "Bad eta expand" (ppr expr $$ ppr ty) expr
+ Nothing -> pprTrace "Bad eta expand" (ppr n $$ ppr expr $$ ppr ty) expr
}}}
\end{code}
cheapEqExpr (Var v1) (Var v2) = v1==v2
cheapEqExpr (Lit lit1) (Lit lit2) = lit1 == lit2
-cheapEqExpr (Type t1) (Type t2) = t1 `eqType` t2
+cheapEqExpr (Type t1) (Type t2) = t1 `coreEqType` t2
cheapEqExpr (App f1 a1) (App f2 a2)
= f1 `cheapEqExpr` f2 && a1 `cheapEqExpr` a2
\begin{code}
-eqExpr :: CoreExpr -> CoreExpr -> Bool
- -- Works ok at more general type, but only needed at CoreExpr
- -- Used in rule matching, so when we find a type we use
- -- eqTcType, which doesn't look through newtypes
- -- [And it doesn't risk falling into a black hole either.]
-eqExpr e1 e2
- = eq emptyVarEnv e1 e2
+tcEqExpr :: CoreExpr -> CoreExpr -> Bool
+-- Used in rule matching, so does *not* look through
+-- newtypes, predicate types; hence tcEqExpr
+
+tcEqExpr e1 e2 = tcEqExprX rn_env e1 e2
where
- -- The "env" maps variables in e1 to variables in ty2
- -- So when comparing lambdas etc,
- -- we in effect substitute v2 for v1 in e1 before continuing
- eq env (Var v1) (Var v2) = case lookupVarEnv env v1 of
- Just v1' -> v1' == v2
- Nothing -> v1 == v2
-
- eq env (Lit lit1) (Lit lit2) = lit1 == lit2
- eq env (App f1 a1) (App f2 a2) = eq env f1 f2 && eq env a1 a2
- eq env (Lam v1 e1) (Lam v2 e2) = eq (extendVarEnv env v1 v2) e1 e2
- eq env (Let (NonRec v1 r1) e1)
- (Let (NonRec v2 r2) e2) = eq env r1 r2 && eq (extendVarEnv env v1 v2) e1 e2
- eq env (Let (Rec ps1) e1)
- (Let (Rec ps2) e2) = equalLength ps1 ps2 &&
- and (zipWith eq_rhs ps1 ps2) &&
- eq env' e1 e2
+ rn_env = mkRnEnv2 (mkInScopeSet (exprFreeVars e1 `unionVarSet` exprFreeVars e2))
+
+tcEqExprX :: RnEnv2 -> CoreExpr -> CoreExpr -> Bool
+tcEqExprX env (Var v1) (Var v2) = rnOccL env v1 == rnOccR env v2
+tcEqExprX env (Lit lit1) (Lit lit2) = lit1 == lit2
+tcEqExprX env (App f1 a1) (App f2 a2) = tcEqExprX env f1 f2 && tcEqExprX env a1 a2
+tcEqExprX env (Lam v1 e1) (Lam v2 e2) = tcEqExprX (rnBndr2 env v1 v2) e1 e2
+tcEqExprX env (Let (NonRec v1 r1) e1)
+ (Let (NonRec v2 r2) e2) = tcEqExprX env r1 r2
+ && tcEqExprX (rnBndr2 env v1 v2) e1 e2
+tcEqExprX env (Let (Rec ps1) e1)
+ (Let (Rec ps2) e2) = equalLength ps1 ps2
+ && and (zipWith eq_rhs ps1 ps2)
+ && tcEqExprX env' e1 e2
where
- env' = extendVarEnvList env [(v1,v2) | ((v1,_),(v2,_)) <- zip ps1 ps2]
- eq_rhs (_,r1) (_,r2) = eq env' r1 r2
- eq env (Case e1 v1 a1)
- (Case e2 v2 a2) = eq env e1 e2 &&
- equalLength a1 a2 &&
- and (zipWith (eq_alt env') a1 a2)
+ env' = foldl2 rn_bndr2 env ps2 ps2
+ rn_bndr2 env (b1,_) (b2,_) = rnBndr2 env b1 b2
+ eq_rhs (_,r1) (_,r2) = tcEqExprX env' r1 r2
+tcEqExprX env (Case e1 v1 t1 a1)
+ (Case e2 v2 t2 a2) = tcEqExprX env e1 e2
+ && tcEqTypeX env t1 t2
+ && equalLength a1 a2
+ && and (zipWith (eq_alt env') a1 a2)
where
- env' = extendVarEnv env v1 v2
+ env' = rnBndr2 env v1 v2
- eq env (Note n1 e1) (Note n2 e2) = eq_note env n1 n2 && eq env e1 e2
- eq env (Type t1) (Type t2) = t1 `eqType` t2
- eq env e1 e2 = False
+tcEqExprX env (Note n1 e1) (Note n2 e2) = eq_note env n1 n2 && tcEqExprX env e1 e2
+tcEqExprX env (Type t1) (Type t2) = tcEqTypeX env t1 t2
+tcEqExprX env e1 e2 = False
- eq_list env [] [] = True
- eq_list env (e1:es1) (e2:es2) = eq env e1 e2 && eq_list env es1 es2
- eq_list env es1 es2 = False
-
- eq_alt env (c1,vs1,r1) (c2,vs2,r2) = c1==c2 &&
- eq (extendVarEnvList env (vs1 `zip` vs2)) r1 r2
-
- eq_note env (SCC cc1) (SCC cc2) = cc1 == cc2
- eq_note env (Coerce t1 f1) (Coerce t2 f2) = t1 `eqType` t2 && f1 `eqType` f2
- eq_note env InlineCall InlineCall = True
- eq_note env (CoreNote s1) (CoreNote s2) = s1 == s2
- eq_note env other1 other2 = False
+eq_alt env (c1,vs1,r1) (c2,vs2,r2) = c1==c2 && tcEqExprX (rnBndrs2 env vs1 vs2) r1 r2
+
+eq_note env (SCC cc1) (SCC cc2) = cc1 == cc2
+eq_note env (Coerce t1 f1) (Coerce t2 f2) = tcEqTypeX env t1 t2 && tcEqTypeX env f1 f2
+eq_note env InlineCall InlineCall = True
+eq_note env (CoreNote s1) (CoreNote s2) = s1 == s2
+eq_note env other1 other2 = False
\end{code}
exprSize :: CoreExpr -> Int
-- A measure of the size of the expressions
-- It also forces the expression pretty drastically as a side effect
-exprSize (Var v) = v `seq` 1
-exprSize (Lit lit) = lit `seq` 1
-exprSize (App f a) = exprSize f + exprSize a
-exprSize (Lam b e) = varSize b + exprSize e
-exprSize (Let b e) = bindSize b + exprSize e
-exprSize (Case e b as) = exprSize e + varSize b + foldr ((+) . altSize) 0 as
-exprSize (Note n e) = noteSize n + exprSize e
-exprSize (Type t) = seqType t `seq` 1
+exprSize (Var v) = v `seq` 1
+exprSize (Lit lit) = lit `seq` 1
+exprSize (App f a) = exprSize f + exprSize a
+exprSize (Lam b e) = varSize b + exprSize e
+exprSize (Let b e) = bindSize b + exprSize e
+exprSize (Case e b t as) = seqType t `seq` exprSize e + varSize b + 1 + foldr ((+) . altSize) 0 as
+exprSize (Note n e) = noteSize n + exprSize e
+exprSize (Type t) = seqType t `seq` 1
noteSize (SCC cc) = cc `seq` 1
noteSize (Coerce t1 t2) = seqType t1 `seq` seqType t2 `seq` 1
hash_expr (Note _ e) = hash_expr e
hash_expr (Let (NonRec b r) e) = hashId b
hash_expr (Let (Rec ((b,r):_)) e) = hashId b
-hash_expr (Case _ b _) = hashId b
+hash_expr (Case _ b _ _) = hashId b
hash_expr (App f e) = hash_expr f * fast_hash_expr e
hash_expr (Var v) = hashId v
hash_expr (Lit lit) = hashLiteral lit
and 'exectute' it rather than allocating it statically.
\begin{code}
-rhsIsStatic :: CoreExpr -> Bool
+rhsIsStatic :: DynFlags -> CoreExpr -> Bool
-- This function is called only on *top-level* right-hand sides
-- Returns True if the RHS can be allocated statically, with
-- no thunks involved at all.
-- When opt_RuntimeTypes is on, we keep type lambdas and treat
-- them as making the RHS re-entrant (non-updatable).
-rhsIsStatic rhs = is_static False rhs
-
-is_static :: Bool -- True <=> in a constructor argument; must be atomic
- -> CoreExpr -> Bool
-
-is_static False (Lam b e) = isRuntimeVar b || is_static False e
-
-is_static in_arg (Note (SCC _) e) = False
-is_static in_arg (Note _ e) = is_static in_arg e
-is_static in_arg (Lit lit) = True
-
-is_static in_arg other_expr = go other_expr 0
+rhsIsStatic dflags rhs = is_static False rhs
where
+ is_static :: Bool -- True <=> in a constructor argument; must be atomic
+ -> CoreExpr -> Bool
+
+ is_static False (Lam b e) = isRuntimeVar b || is_static False e
+
+ is_static in_arg (Note (SCC _) e) = False
+ is_static in_arg (Note _ e) = is_static in_arg e
+
+ is_static in_arg (Lit lit)
+ = case lit of
+ MachLabel _ _ -> False
+ other -> True
+ -- A MachLabel (foreign import "&foo") in an argument
+ -- prevents a constructor application from being static. The
+ -- reason is that it might give rise to unresolvable symbols
+ -- in the object file: under Linux, references to "weak"
+ -- symbols from the data segment give rise to "unresolvable
+ -- relocation" errors at link time This might be due to a bug
+ -- in the linker, but we'll work around it here anyway.
+ -- SDM 24/2/2004
+
+ is_static in_arg other_expr = go other_expr 0
+ where
go (Var f) n_val_args
- | not (isDllName (idName f))
+ | not (isDllName dflags (idName f))
= saturated_data_con f n_val_args
|| (in_arg && n_val_args == 0)
-- A naked un-applied variable is *not* deemed a static RHS