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diff --git a/docs/users_guide/debugging.xml b/docs/users_guide/debugging.xml
index 6bda650..6fc1413 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/debugging.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/debugging.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,17 @@
+ :
+
+
+
+ Dump Template Haskell expressions that we splice in,
+ and what Haskell code the expression evaluates to.
+
+
+
+
+
:
@@ -109,8 +120,42 @@
- dumps all rewrite rules (including those generated
- by the specialisation pass)
+ dumps all rewrite rules specified in this module;
+ see .
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ :
+
+
+
+ dumps the names of all rules that fired in this module
+
+
+
+
+
+ :
+
+
+
+ dumps detailed information about all rules that fired in
+ this module
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ :
+
+
+
+ dumps the output of the vectoriser.
+
@@ -166,8 +211,8 @@
- :
-
+ :
+ worker/wrapper split output
@@ -186,6 +231,16 @@
+ :
+
+
+
+ output of core preparation pass
+
+
+
+
+
:
@@ -206,6 +261,26 @@
+ :
+
+
+
+ Print the C-- code out.
+
+
+
+
+
+ :
+
+
+
+ Dump the results of C-- to C-- optimising passes.
+
+
+
+
+
:
@@ -239,14 +314,25 @@
+ :
+
+
+
+ Show the output of each run of the simplifier. Used when even
+ doesn't cut it.
+
+
+
+
+
:
Show the output of each iteration
of the simplifier (each run of the simplifier has a maximum
- number of iterations, normally 4). Used when even
- doesn't cut it.
+ number of iterations, normally 4). This outputs even more information
+ than .
@@ -265,6 +351,39 @@
+
+
+
+
+ Make the interface loader be *real* chatty about what it is
+ upto.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Make the type checker be *real* chatty about what it is
+ upto.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Make the vectoriser be *real* chatty about what it is
+ upto.
+
+
+
+
+
@@ -300,7 +419,7 @@
of output!) So: when we're really desperate:
-% ghc -noC -O -ddump-simpl -dverbose-simpl -dcore-lint Foo.hs
+% ghc -noC -O -ddump-simpl -dverbose-core2core -dcore-lint Foo.hs
@@ -308,6 +427,38 @@
+
+
+
+
+ Print out each pass name as it happens.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Print a one-line summary of the size of the Core program
+ at the end of the optimisation pipeline.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Show statistics for the usage of fast strings by the
+ compiler.
+
+
+
+
+
@@ -328,6 +479,41 @@
+
+
+
+
+ Suppress the printing of uniques in debugging output. This may make
+ the printout ambiguous (e.g. unclear where an occurrence of 'x' is bound), but
+ it makes the output of two compiler runs have many fewer gratuitous differences,
+ so you can realistically apply diff. Once diff
+ has shown you where to look, you can try again without
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Suppress the printing of coercions in Core dumps to make them
+shorter.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Suppress the printing of module qualification prefixes in Core dumps to make them easier to read.
+
+
+
+
+
@@ -335,19 +521,23 @@
In error messages, expressions are printed to a
certain “depth”, with subexpressions beyond the
depth replaced by ellipses. This flag sets the
- depth.
+ depth. Its default value is 5.
-
-
-
+
+
+
-
- Have the renamer report what imports does not
- contribute.
-
+
+ Suppress any unsolicited debugging output. When GHC
+ has been built with the DEBUG option it
+ occasionally emits debug output of interest to developers.
+ The extra output can confuse the testing framework and
+ cause bogus test failures, so this flag is provided to
+ turn it off.
+
@@ -381,6 +571,16 @@
+
+
+ :
+
+
+
+ Ditto for C-- level.
+
+
+
@@ -507,28 +707,15 @@ Main.skip2{-r1L6-} =
of platform-specific code that needs to be written in order to get
unregisterised compilation going is usually fairly small.
-
-
-
- :
-
-
-
- Compile via vanilla ANSI C only, turning off
- platform-specific optimisations. NOTE: in order to use
- , you need to have a set of libraries
- (including the RTS) built for unregisterised compilation.
- This amounts to building GHC with way "u" enabled.
-
-
-
+ Unregisterised compilation cannot be selected at
+ compile-time; you have to build GHC with the appropriate options
+ set. Consult the GHC Building Guide for details.