[project @ 2001-12-06 17:33:30 by simonmar]

Make the Name field of a Var strict - it doesn't hurt performance (in
fact it makes a tiny improvement) but it can help residency.

diff --git a/ghc/compiler/basicTypes/Var.lhs b/ghc/compiler/basicTypes/Var.lhs
index 9545f48..6e481a7 100644 (file)
--- a/ghc/compiler/basicTypes/Var.lhs
+++ b/ghc/compiler/basicTypes/Var.lhs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ in its @VarDetails@.
 \begin{code}
 data Var
   = Var {
-       varName    :: Name,
+       varName    :: !Name,
        realUnique :: FastInt,          -- Key for fast comparison
                                        -- Identical to the Unique in the name,
                                        -- cached here for speed