From: simonmar <unknown>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 15:43:12 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: [project @ 2002-10-29 15:43:12 by simonmar]
X-Git-Tag: Approx_11550_changesets_converted~1494
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[project @ 2002-10-29 15:43:12 by simonmar]
Add a note about where the time spent in foreign code is attributed.
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diff --git a/ghc/docs/users_guide/profiling.sgml b/ghc/docs/users_guide/profiling.sgml
index 4bb22a1..6621645 100644
--- a/ghc/docs/users_guide/profiling.sgml
+++ b/ghc/docs/users_guide/profiling.sgml
@@ -292,6 +292,12 @@ MAIN                     MAIN             0    0.0   0.0    100.0 100.0
 	  variable.</para></footnote>.  Notice that this is a recursive
 	  definition.</para>
 	</listitem>
+
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>Time spent in foreign code (see <xref linkend="ffi">)
+	  is always attributed to the cost centre in force at the
+	  Haskell call-site of the foreign function.</para>
+	</listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
 
       <para>What do we mean by one-off costs?  Well, Haskell is a lazy
@@ -327,7 +333,6 @@ x = nfib 25
       doesn't look like you expect it to, feel free to send it (and
       your program) to us at
       <email>glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org</email>.</para>
-
     </sect2>
   </sect1>