X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ghc%2Fdocs%2Fusers_guide%2Fticky.lit;fp=ghc%2Fdocs%2Fusers_guide%2Fticky.lit;h=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hb=abdd55c9c4a2873c2f4b25b4ea54ca921bca4f5e;hp=478677af517b7d4168f8fc55d3cff4a2967f00c4;hpb=5e1ab44baabe589b050e614de6212bd17e8aacd5;p=ghc-hetmet.git diff --git a/ghc/docs/users_guide/ticky.lit b/ghc/docs/users_guide/ticky.lit deleted file mode 100644 index 478677a..0000000 --- a/ghc/docs/users_guide/ticky.lit +++ /dev/null @@ -1,26 +0,0 @@ -%************************************************************************ -%* * -\section[ticky-ticky]{Using ``ticky-ticky'' profiling (for implementors)} -\index{ticky-ticky profiling (implementors)} -%* * -%************************************************************************ - -(ToDo: document properly.) - -It is possible to compile Glasgow Haskell programs so that they will -count lots and lots of interesting things, e.g., number of updates, -number of data constructors entered, etc., etc. We call this -``ticky-ticky'' profiling,\index{ticky-ticky profiling}% -\index{profiling, ticky-ticky} because that's the sound a Sun4 makes -when it is running up all those counters ({\em slowly}). - -Ticky-ticky profiling is mainly intended for implementors; it is quite -separate from the main ``cost-centre'' profiling system, intended for -all users everywhere. - -To be able to use ticky-ticky profiling, you will need to have built -appropriate libraries and things when you made the system. See -``Customising what libraries to build,'' in the installation guide. - -To get your compiled program to spit out the ticky-ticky numbers, use -a \tr{-r} RTS option\index{-r RTS option}.