ghc/docs/users_guide/flags.xml

   1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
   2   <sect1 id="flag-reference">
   3     <title>Flag reference</title>
   4
   5     <para>This section is a quick-reference for GHC's command-line
   6     flags.  For each flag, we also list its static/dynamic status (see
   7     <xref linkend="static-dynamic-flags"/>), and the flag's opposite
   8     (if available).</para>
   9
  10     <sect2>
  11       <title>Help and verbosity options</title>
  12
  13       <para><xref linkend="options-help"/></para>
  14
  15       <informaltable>
  16         <tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
  17           <thead>
  18             <row>
  19               <entry>Flag</entry>
  20               <entry>Description</entry>
  21               <entry>Static/Dynamic</entry>
  22               <entry>Reverse</entry>
  23             </row>
  24           </thead>
  25           <tbody>
  26             <row>
  27               <entry><option>-?</option></entry>
  28               <entry>help</entry>
  29               <entry>mode</entry>
  30               <entry>-</entry>
  31             </row>
  32             <row>
  33               <entry><option>-help</option></entry>
  34               <entry>help</entry>
  35               <entry>mode</entry>
  36               <entry>-</entry>
  37             </row>
  38             <row>
  39               <entry><option>-v</option></entry>
  40               <entry>verbose mode (equivalent to <option>-v3</option>)</entry>
  41               <entry>dynamic</entry>
  42               <entry>-</entry>
  43             </row>
  44             <row>
  45               <entry><option>-v</option><replaceable>n</replaceable></entry>
  46               <entry>set verbosity level</entry>
  47               <entry>dynamic</entry>
  48               <entry>-</entry>
  49             </row>
  50             <row>
  51               <entry><option>-V</option></entry>
  52               <entry>display GHC version</entry>
  53               <entry>mode</entry>
  54               <entry>-</entry>
  55             </row>
  56             <row>
  57               <entry><option>&ndash;&ndash;version</option></entry>
  58               <entry>display GHC version</entry>
  59               <entry>mode</entry>
  60               <entry>-</entry>
  61             </row>
  62             <row>
  63               <entry><option>&ndash;&ndash;numeric-version</option></entry>
  64               <entry>display GHC version (numeric only)</entry>
  65               <entry>mode</entry>
  66               <entry>-</entry>
  67             </row>
  68             <row>
  69               <entry><option>&ndash;&ndash;print-libdir</option></entry>
  70               <entry>display GHC library directory</entry>
  71               <entry>mode</entry>
  72               <entry>-</entry>
  73             </row>
  74             <row>
  75               <entry><option>-ferror-spans</option></entry>
  76               <entry>output full span in error messages</entry>
  77               <entry>static</entry>
  78               <entry>-</entry>
  79             </row>
  80             <row>
  81               <entry><option>-Rghc-timing</option></entry>
  82               <entry>Summarise timing stats for GHC (same as <literal>+RTS -tstderr</literal>)</entry>
  83               <entry>static</entry>
  84               <entry>-</entry>
  85             </row>
  86           </tbody>
  87         </tgroup>
  88       </informaltable>
  89
  90     </sect2>
  91     <sect2>
  92       <title>Which phases to run</title>
  93
  94       <para><xref linkend="options-order"/></para>
  95
  96       <informaltable>
  97         <tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
  98           <thead>
  99             <row>
 100               <entry>Flag</entry>
 101               <entry>Description</entry>
 102               <entry>Static/Dynamic</entry>
 103               <entry>Reverse</entry>
 104             </row>
 105           </thead>
 106           <tbody>
 107             <row>
 108               <entry><option>-E</option></entry>
 109               <entry>Stop after preprocessing (<literal>.hspp</literal> file)</entry>
 110               <entry>mode</entry>
 111               <entry>-</entry>
 112             </row>
 113             <row>
 114               <entry><option>-C</option></entry>
 115               <entry>Stop after generating C (<literal>.hc</literal> file)</entry>
 116               <entry>mode</entry>
 117               <entry>-</entry>
 118             </row>
 119             <row>
 120               <entry><option>-S</option></entry>
 121               <entry>Stop after generating assembly (<literal>.s</literal> file)</entry>
 122               <entry>mode</entry>
 123               <entry>-</entry>
 124             </row>
 125             <row>
 126               <entry><option>-c</option></entry>
 127               <entry>Do not link</entry>
 128               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 129               <entry>-</entry>
 130             </row>
 131             <row>
 132               <entry><option>-x</option> <replaceable>suffix</replaceable></entry>
 133               <entry>Override default behaviour for source files</entry>
 134               <entry>static</entry>
 135               <entry>-</entry>
 136             </row>
 137           </tbody>
 138         </tgroup>
 139       </informaltable>
 140     </sect2>
 141
 142      <sect2>
 143       <title>Alternative modes of operation</title>
 144
 145       <para><xref linkend="modes"/></para>
 146
 147       <informaltable>
 148         <tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
 149           <thead>
 150             <row>
 151               <entry>Flag</entry>
 152               <entry>Description</entry>
 153               <entry>Static/Dynamic</entry>
 154               <entry>Reverse</entry>
 155             </row>
 156           </thead>
 157           <tbody>
 158             <row>
 159               <entry><option>--interactive</option></entry>
 160               <entry>Interactive mode - normally used by just running <command>ghci</command></entry>
 161               <entry>mode</entry>
 162               <entry>-</entry>
 163             </row>
 164             <row>
 165               <entry><option>--make</option></entry>
 166               <entry>Build a multi-module Haskell program, automatically figuring out dependencies. Likely to be much easier, and faster, than using <command>make</command>.</entry>
 167               <entry>mode</entry>
 168               <entry>-</entry>
 169             </row>
 170             <row>
 171               <entry><option>-e <replaceable>expr</replaceable></option></entry>
 172               <entry>Evaluate <replaceable>expr</replaceable></entry>
 173               <entry>mode</entry>
 174               <entry>-</entry>
 175             </row>
 176             <row>
 177               <entry><option>-M</option></entry>
 178               <entry>Generate dependency information suitable for use in a <filename>Makefile</filename>.</entry>
 179               <entry>mode</entry>
 180               <entry>-</entry>
 181             </row>
 182           </tbody>
 183         </tgroup>
 184       </informaltable>
 185     </sect2>
 186
 187     <sect2>
 188       <title>Redirecting output</title>
 189
 190       <para><xref linkend="options-output"/></para>
 191
 192       <informaltable>
 193         <tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
 194           <thead>
 195             <row>
 196               <entry>Flag</entry>
 197               <entry>Description</entry>
 198               <entry>Static/Dynamic</entry>
 199               <entry>Reverse</entry>
 200             </row>
 201           </thead>
 202           <tbody>
 203             <row>
 204               <entry><option>-hcsuf</option> <replaceable>suffix</replaceable></entry>
 205               <entry>set the suffix to use for intermediate C files</entry>
 206               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 207               <entry>-</entry>
 208             </row>
 209             <row>
 210               <entry><option>-hidir</option> <replaceable>dir</replaceable></entry>
 211               <entry>set directory for interface files</entry>
 212               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 213               <entry>-</entry>
 214             </row>
 215             <row>
 216               <entry><option>-hisuf</option> <replaceable>suffix</replaceable></entry>
 217               <entry>set the suffix to use for interface files</entry>
 218               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 219               <entry>-</entry>
 220             </row>
 221             <row>
 222               <entry><option>-o</option> <replaceable>filename</replaceable></entry>
 223               <entry>set output filename</entry>
 224               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 225               <entry>-</entry>
 226             </row>
 227             <row>
 228               <entry><option>-odir</option> <replaceable>dir</replaceable></entry>
 229               <entry>set output directory</entry>
 230               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 231               <entry>-</entry>
 232             </row>
 233             <row>
 234               <entry><option>-ohi</option> <replaceable>filename</replaceable></entry>
 235               <entry>set the filename in which to put the interface</entry>
 236               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 237               <entry></entry>
 238             </row>
 239             <row>
 240               <entry><option>-osuf</option> <replaceable>suffix</replaceable></entry>
 241               <entry>set the output file suffix</entry>
 242               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 243               <entry>-</entry>
 244             </row>
 245             <row>
 246               <entry><option>-stubdir</option> <replaceable>dir</replaceable></entry>
 247               <entry>redirect FFi stub files</entry>
 248               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 249               <entry>-</entry>
 250             </row>
 251           </tbody>
 252         </tgroup>
 253       </informaltable>
 254     </sect2>
 255
 256     <sect2>
 257       <title>Keeping intermediate files</title>
 258
 259       <para><xref linkend="keeping-intermediates"/></para>
 260
 261       <informaltable>
 262         <tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
 263           <thead>
 264             <row>
 265               <entry>Flag</entry>
 266               <entry>Description</entry>
 267               <entry>Static/Dynamic</entry>
 268               <entry>Reverse</entry>
 269             </row>
 270           </thead>
 271           <tbody>
 272             <row>
 273               <entry><option>-keep-hc-file</option></entry>
 274               <entry>retain intermediate <literal>.hc</literal> files</entry>
 275               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 276               <entry>-</entry>
 277             </row>
 278             <row>
 279               <entry><option>-keep-s-file</option></entry>
 280               <entry>retain intermediate <literal>.s</literal> files</entry>
 281               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 282               <entry>-</entry>
 283             </row>
 284             <row>
 285               <entry><option>-keep-raw-s-file</option></entry>
 286               <entry>retain intermediate <literal>.raw_s</literal> files</entry>
 287               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 288               <entry>-</entry>
 289             </row>
 290             <row>
 291               <entry><option>-keep-tmp-files</option></entry>
 292               <entry>retain all intermediate temporary files</entry>
 293               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 294               <entry>-</entry>
 295             </row>
 296           </tbody>
 297         </tgroup>
 298       </informaltable>
 299     </sect2>
 300
 301     <sect2>
 302       <title>Temporary files</title>
 303
 304       <para><xref linkend="temp-files"/></para>
 305
 306       <informaltable>
 307         <tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
 308           <thead>
 309             <row>
 310               <entry>Flag</entry>
 311               <entry>Description</entry>
 312               <entry>Static/Dynamic</entry>
 313               <entry>Reverse</entry>
 314             </row>
 315           </thead>
 316           <tbody>
 317             <row>
 318               <entry><option>-tmpdir</option></entry>
 319               <entry>set the directory for temporary files</entry>
 320               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 321               <entry>-</entry>
 322             </row>
 323           </tbody>
 324         </tgroup>
 325       </informaltable>
 326     </sect2>
 327
 328     <sect2>
 329       <title>Finding imports</title>
 330
 331       <para><xref linkend="search-path"/></para>
 332
 333       <informaltable>
 334         <tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
 335           <thead>
 336             <row>
 337               <entry>Flag</entry>
 338
 339               <entry>Description</entry>
 340               <entry>Static/Dynamic</entry>
 341               <entry>Reverse</entry>
 342             </row>
 343           </thead>
 344           <tbody>
 345             <row>
 346               <entry><option>-i</option><replaceable>dir1</replaceable>:<replaceable>dir2</replaceable>:...</entry>
 347               <entry>add <replaceable>dir</replaceable>,
 348                   <replaceable>dir2</replaceable>, etc. to import path</entry>
 349               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 350               <entry>-</entry>
 351             </row>
 352             <row>
 353               <entry><option>-i</option></entry>
 354               <entry>Empty the import directory list</entry>
 355               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 356               <entry>-</entry>
 357             </row>
 358           </tbody>
 359         </tgroup>
 360       </informaltable>
 361     </sect2>
 362
 363     <sect2>
 364       <title>Interface file options</title>
 365
 366       <para><xref linkend="hi-options"/></para>
 367
 368       <informaltable>
 369         <tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
 370           <thead>
 371             <row>
 372               <entry>Flag</entry>
 373
 374               <entry>Description</entry>
 375               <entry>Static/Dynamic</entry>
 376               <entry>Reverse</entry>
 377             </row>
 378           </thead>
 379           <tbody>
 380             <row>
 381               <entry><option>-ddump-hi</option></entry>
 382               <entry>Dump the new interface to stdout</entry>
 383               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 384               <entry>-</entry>
 385             </row>
 386             <row>
 387               <entry><option>-ddump-hi-diffs</option></entry>
 388               <entry>Show the differences vs. the old interface</entry>
 389               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 390               <entry>-</entry>
 391             </row>
 392             <row>
 393               <entry><option>-ddump-minimal-imports</option></entry>
 394               <entry>Dump a minimal set of imports</entry>
 395               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 396               <entry>-</entry>
 397             </row>
 398             <row>
 399               <entry><option>--show-iface</option> <replaceable>file</replaceable></entry>
 400               <entry>Read the interface in
 401               <replaceable>file</replaceable> and dump it as text to
 402               <literal>stdout</literal>.</entry>
 403               <entry>mode</entry>
 404               <entry>-</entry>
 405             </row>
 406           </tbody>
 407         </tgroup>
 408       </informaltable>
 409     </sect2>
 410
 411     <sect2>
 412       <title>Recompilation checking</title>
 413
 414       <para><xref linkend="recomp"/></para>
 415
 416       <informaltable>
 417         <tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
 418           <thead>
 419             <row>
 420               <entry>Flag</entry>
 421
 422               <entry>Description</entry>
 423               <entry>Static/Dynamic</entry>
 424               <entry>Reverse</entry>
 425             </row>
 426           </thead>
 427           <tbody>
 428             <row>
 429               <entry><option>-no-recomp</option></entry>
 430               <entry>Turn off recompilation checking; implied by any
 431               <option>-ddump-X</option> option</entry>
 432               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 433               <entry><option>-recomp</option></entry>
 434             </row>
 435           </tbody>
 436         </tgroup>
 437       </informaltable>
 438     </sect2>
 439
 440     <sect2>
 441       <title>Interactive-mode options</title>
 442
 443       <para><xref linkend="ghci-dot-files"/></para>
 444
 445       <informaltable>
 446         <tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
 447           <thead>
 448             <row>
 449               <entry>Flag</entry>
 450               <entry>Description</entry>
 451               <entry>Static/Dynamic</entry>
 452               <entry>Reverse</entry>
 453             </row>
 454           </thead>
 455           <tbody>
 456             <row>
 457               <entry><option>-ignore-dot-ghci</option></entry>
 458               <entry>Disable reading of <filename>.ghci</filename> files</entry>
 459               <entry>static</entry>
 460               <entry>-</entry>
 461             </row>
 462             <row>
 463               <entry><option>-read-dot-ghci</option></entry>
 464               <entry>Enable reading of <filename>.ghci</filename> files</entry>
 465               <entry>static</entry>
 466               <entry>-</entry>
 467             </row>
 468           </tbody>
 469         </tgroup>
 470       </informaltable>
 471     </sect2>
 472
 473     <sect2>
 474       <title>Packages</title>
 475
 476       <para><xref linkend="packages"/></para>
 477
 478       <informaltable>
 479         <tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
 480           <thead>
 481             <row>
 482               <entry>Flag</entry>
 483               <entry>Description</entry>
 484               <entry>Static/Dynamic</entry>
 485               <entry>Reverse</entry>
 486             </row>
 487           </thead>
 488           <tbody>
 489             <row>
 490               <entry><option>-package</option> <replaceable>P</replaceable></entry>
 491               <entry>Expose package <replaceable>P</replaceable></entry>
 492               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 493               <entry>-</entry>
 494             </row>
 495             <row>
 496               <entry><option>-hide-all-packages</option></entry>
 497               <entry>Hide all packages by default</entry>
 498               <entry>static</entry>
 499               <entry>-</entry>
 500             </row>
 501             <row>
 502               <entry><option>-hide-package</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable></entry>
 503               <entry>Hide package <replaceable>P</replaceable></entry>
 504               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 505               <entry>-</entry>
 506             </row>
 507             <row>
 508               <entry><option>-ignore-package</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable></entry>
 509               <entry>Ignore package <replaceable>P</replaceable></entry>
 510               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 511               <entry>-</entry>
 512             </row>
 513             <row>
 514               <entry><option>-package-conf</option> <replaceable>file</replaceable></entry>
 515               <entry>Load more packages from <replaceable>file</replaceable></entry>
 516               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 517               <entry>-</entry>
 518             </row>
 519             <row>
 520               <entry><option>-no-user-package-conf</option></entry>
 521               <entry>Don't load the user's package config file.</entry>
 522               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 523               <entry>-</entry>
 524             </row>
 525           </tbody>
 526         </tgroup>
 527       </informaltable>
 528     </sect2>
 529
 530     <sect2>
 531       <title>Language options</title>
 532
 533       <para><xref linkend="options-language"/></para>
 534
 535       <informaltable>
 536         <tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
 537           <thead>
 538             <row>
 539               <entry>Flag</entry>
 540               <entry>Description</entry>
 541               <entry>Static/Dynamic</entry>
 542               <entry>Reverse</entry>
 543             </row>
 544           </thead>
 545           <tbody>
 546             <row>
 547               <entry><option>-fallow-overlapping-instances</option></entry>
 548               <entry>Enable overlapping instances</entry>
 549               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 550               <entry><option>-fno-allow-overlapping-instances</option></entry>
 551             </row>
 552             <row>
 553               <entry><option>-fallow-undecidable-instances</option></entry>
 554               <entry>Enable undecidable instances</entry>
 555               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 556               <entry><option>-fno-allow-undecidable-instances</option></entry>
 557             </row>
 558             <row>
 559               <entry><option>-fallow-incoherent-instances</option></entry>
 560               <entry>Enable incoherent instances.
 561               Implies <option>-fallow-overlapping-instances</option> </entry>
 562               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 563               <entry><option>-fno-allow-incoherent-instances</option></entry>
 564             </row>
 565             <row>
 566               <entry><option>-farrows</option></entry>
 567               <entry>Enable arrow notation extension</entry>
 568               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 569               <entry><option>-fno-arrows</option></entry>
 570             </row>
 571             <row>
 572               <entry><option>-fcontext-stack</option><replaceable>n</replaceable></entry>
 573               <entry>set the limit for context reduction</entry>
 574               <entry>static</entry>
 575               <entry><option>-</option></entry>
 576             </row>
 577             <row>
 578               <entry><option>-ffi</option> or <option>-fffi</option></entry>
 579               <entry>Enable foreign function interface (implied by
 580               <option>-fglasgow-exts</option>)</entry>
 581               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 582               <entry><option>-fno-ffi</option></entry>
 583             </row>
 584             <row>
 585               <entry><option>-fgenerics</option></entry>
 586               <entry>Enable generics</entry>
 587               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 588               <entry><option>-fno-fgenerics</option></entry>
 589             </row>
 590             <row>
 591               <entry><option>-fglasgow-exts</option></entry>
 592               <entry>Enable most language extensions</entry>
 593               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 594               <entry><option>-fno-glasgow-exts</option></entry>
 595             </row>
 596             <row>
 597               <entry><option>-fimplicit-params</option></entry>
 598               <entry>Enable Implicit Parameters.
 599               Implied by <option>-fglasgow-exts</option>.</entry>
 600               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 601               <entry><option>-fno-implicit-params</option></entry>
 602             </row>
 603             <row>
 604               <entry><option>-firrefutable-tuples</option></entry>
 605               <entry>Make tuple pattern matching irrefutable</entry>
 606               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 607               <entry><option>-fno-irrefutable-tuples</option></entry>
 608             </row>
 609             <row>
 610               <entry><option>-fno-implicit-prelude</option></entry>
 611               <entry>Don't implicitly <literal>import Prelude</literal></entry>
 612               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 613               <entry><option>-fimplicit-prelude</option></entry>
 614             </row>
 615             <row>
 616               <entry><option>-fno-monomorphism-restriction</option></entry>
 617               <entry>Disable the monomorphism restriction</entry>
 618               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 619               <entry><option>-fmonomorphism-restriction</option></entry>
 620             </row>
 621             <row>
 622               <entry><option>-fscoped-type-variables</option></entry>
 623               <entry>Enable lexically-scoped type variables.
 624               Implied by <option>-fglasgow-exts</option>.</entry>
 625               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 626               <entry><option>-fno-scoped-type-variables</option></entry>
 627             </row>
 628             <row>
 629               <entry><option>-fth</option></entry>
 630               <entry>Enable Template Haskell.
 631                 Implied by <option>-fglasgow-exts</option>.</entry>
 632               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 633               <entry><option>-fno-th</option></entry>
 634             </row>
 635           </tbody>
 636         </tgroup>
 637       </informaltable>
 638     </sect2>
 639
 640     <sect2>
 641       <title>Warnings</title>
 642
 643       <para>(<xref linkend="options-sanity"/></para>
 644
 645     <informaltable>
 646       <tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
 647         <thead>
 648           <row>
 649             <entry>Flag</entry>
 650             <entry>Description</entry>
 651             <entry>Static/Dynamic</entry>
 652             <entry>Reverse</entry>
 653           </row>
 654         </thead>
 655         <tbody>
 656           <row>
 657             <entry><option>-W</option></entry>
 658             <entry>enable normal warnings</entry>
 659             <entry>dynamic</entry>
 660             <entry><option>-w</option></entry>
 661           </row>
 662           <row>
 663             <entry><option>-w</option></entry>
 664             <entry>disable all warnings</entry>
 665             <entry>dynamic</entry>
 666             <entry>-</entry>
 667           </row>
 668           <row>
 669             <entry><option>-Wall</option></entry>
 670             <entry>enable all warnings</entry>
 671             <entry>dynamic</entry>
 672             <entry><option>-w</option></entry>
 673           </row>
 674           <row>
 675             <entry><option>-Werror</option></entry>
 676             <entry>make warnings fatal</entry>
 677             <entry>dynamic</entry>
 678             <entry></entry>
 679           </row>
 680
 681           <row>
 682             <entry><option>-fwarn-deprecations</option></entry>
 683             <entry>warn about uses of functions &amp; types that are deprecated</entry>
 684             <entry>dynamic</entry>
 685             <entry><option>-fno-warn-deprecations</option></entry>
 686           </row>
 687
 688           <row>
 689             <entry><option>-fwarn-duplicate-exports</option></entry>
 690             <entry>warn when an entity is exported multiple times</entry>
 691             <entry>dynamic</entry>
 692             <entry><option>-fno-warn-duplicate-exports</option></entry>
 693           </row>
 694
 695           <row>
 696             <entry><option>-fwarn-hi-shadowing</option></entry>
 697             <entry>warn when a <literal>.hi</literal> file in the
 698             current directory shadows a library</entry>
 699             <entry>dynamic</entry>
 700             <entry><option>-fno-warn-hi-shadowing</option></entry>
 701           </row>
 702
 703           <row>
 704             <entry><option>-fwarn-incomplete-patterns</option></entry>
 705             <entry>warn when a pattern match could fail</entry>
 706             <entry>dynamic</entry>
 707             <entry><option>-fno-warn-incomplete-patterns</option></entry>
 708           </row>
 709
 710           <row>
 711             <entry><option>-fwarn-incomplete-record-updates</option></entry>
 712             <entry>warn when a record update could fail</entry>
 713             <entry>dynamic</entry>
 714             <entry><option>-fno-warn-incomplete-record-updates</option></entry>
 715           </row>
 716
 717           <row>
 718             <entry><option>-fwarn-misc</option></entry>
 719             <entry>enable miscellaneous warnings</entry>
 720             <entry>dynamic</entry>
 721             <entry><option>-fno-warn-misc</option></entry>
 722           </row>
 723
 724           <row>
 725             <entry><option>-fwarn-missing-fields</option></entry>
 726             <entry>warn when fields of a record are uninitialised</entry>
 727             <entry>dynamic</entry>
 728             <entry><option>-fno-warn-missing-fields</option></entry>
 729           </row>
 730
 731           <row>
 732             <entry><option>-fwarn-missing-methods</option></entry>
 733             <entry>warn when class methods are undefined</entry>
 734             <entry>dynamic</entry>
 735             <entry><option>-fno-warn-missing-methods</option></entry>
 736           </row>
 737
 738           <row>
 739             <entry><option>-fwarn-missing-signatures</option></entry>
 740             <entry>warn about top-level functions without signatures</entry>
 741             <entry>dynamic</entry>
 742             <entry><option>-fno-warn-missing-signatures</option></entry>
 743           </row>
 744
 745           <row>
 746             <entry><option>-fwarn-name-shadowing</option></entry>
 747             <entry>warn when names are shadowed</entry>
 748             <entry>dynamic</entry>
 749             <entry><option>-fno-warn-name-shadowing</option></entry>
 750           </row>
 751
 752           <row>
 753             <entry><option>-fwarn-oprhans</option></entry>
 754             <entry>warn when the module contains "orphan" instance declarations
 755             or rewrite rules</entry>
 756             <entry>dynamic</entry>
 757             <entry><option>-fno-warn-orphans</option></entry>
 758           </row>
 759
 760           <row>
 761             <entry><option>-fwarn-overlapping-patterns</option></entry>
 762             <entry>warn about overlapping patterns</entry>
 763             <entry>dynamic</entry>
 764             <entry><option>-fno-warn-overlapping-patterns</option></entry>
 765           </row>
 766
 767           <row>
 768             <entry><option>-fwarn-simple-patterns</option></entry>
 769             <entry>warn about lambda-patterns that can fail</entry>
 770             <entry>dynamic</entry>
 771             <entry><option>-fno-warn-simple-patterns</option></entry>
 772           </row>
 773
 774           <row>
 775             <entry><option>-fwarn-type-defaults</option></entry>
 776             <entry>warn when defaulting happens</entry>
 777             <entry>dynamic</entry>
 778             <entry><option>-fno-warn-type-defaults</option></entry>
 779           </row>
 780
 781           <row>
 782             <entry><option>-fwarn-unused-binds</option></entry>
 783             <entry>warn about bindings that are unused</entry>
 784             <entry>dynamic</entry>
 785             <entry><option>-fno-warn-unused-binds</option></entry>
 786           </row>
 787
 788           <row>
 789             <entry><option>-fwarn-unused-imports</option></entry>
 790             <entry>warn about unnecessary imports</entry>
 791             <entry>dynamic</entry>
 792             <entry><option>-fno-warn-unused-imports</option></entry>
 793           </row>
 794
 795           <row>
 796             <entry><option>-fwarn-unused-matches</option></entry>
 797             <entry>warn about variables in patterns that aren't used</entry>
 798             <entry>dynamic</entry>
 799             <entry><option>-fno-warn-unused-matches</option></entry>
 800           </row>
 801
 802           </tbody>
 803         </tgroup>
 804       </informaltable>
 805
 806     </sect2>
 807     <sect2>
 808       <title>Optimisation levels</title>
 809
 810       <para><xref linkend="options-optimise"/></para>
 811
 812       <informaltable>
 813         <tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
 814           <thead>
 815             <row>
 816               <entry>Flag</entry>
 817               <entry>Description</entry>
 818               <entry>Static/Dynamic</entry>
 819               <entry>Reverse</entry>
 820             </row>
 821           </thead>
 822           <tbody>
 823             <row>
 824               <entry><option>-O</option></entry>
 825               <entry>Enable default optimisation (level 1)</entry>
 826               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 827               <entry><option>-O0</option></entry>
 828             </row>
 829             <row>
 830               <entry><option>-O</option><replaceable>n</replaceable></entry>
 831               <entry>Set optimisation level <replaceable>n</replaceable></entry>
 832               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 833               <entry><option>-O0</option></entry>
 834             </row>
 835           </tbody>
 836         </tgroup>
 837       </informaltable>
 838
 839     </sect2>
 840     <sect2>
 841       <title>Individual optimisations</title>
 842
 843       <para><xref linkend="options-f"/></para>
 844
 845       <informaltable>
 846         <tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
 847           <thead>
 848             <row>
 849               <entry>Flag</entry>
 850               <entry>Description</entry>
 851               <entry>Static/Dynamic</entry>
 852               <entry>Reverse</entry>
 853             </row>
 854           </thead>
 855           <tbody>
 856             <row>
 857               <entry><option>-fcase-merge</option></entry>
 858               <entry>Enable case-merging</entry>
 859               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 860               <entry><option>-fno-case-merge</option></entry>
 861             </row>
 862
 863             <row>
 864               <entry><option>-fdicts-strict</option></entry>
 865               <entry>Make dictionaries strict</entry>
 866               <entry>static</entry>
 867               <entry><option>-fno-dicts-strict</option></entry>
 868             </row>
 869
 870             <row>
 871               <entry><option>-fdo-eta-reduction</option></entry>
 872               <entry>Enable eta-reduction</entry>
 873               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 874               <entry><option>-fno-do-eta-reduction</option></entry>
 875             </row>
 876
 877             <row>
 878               <entry><option>-fdo-lambda-eta-expansion</option></entry>
 879               <entry>Enable lambda eta-reduction</entry>
 880               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 881               <entry><option>-fno-do-lambda-eta-expansion</option></entry>
 882             </row>
 883
 884             <row>
 885               <entry><option>-fexcess-precision</option></entry>
 886               <entry>Enable excess intermediate precision</entry>
 887               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 888               <entry><option>-fno-excess-precision</option></entry>
 889             </row>
 890
 891             <row>
 892               <entry><option>-frules-off</option></entry>
 893               <entry>Switch off all rewrite rules (including rules
 894               generated by automatic specialisation of overloaded functions)</entry>
 895               <entry>static</entry>
 896               <entry><option>-frules-off</option></entry>
 897             </row>
 898
 899             <row>
 900               <entry><option>-fignore-asserts</option></entry>
 901               <entry>Ignore assertions in the source</entry>
 902               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 903               <entry><option>-fno-ignore-asserts</option></entry>
 904             </row>
 905
 906             <row>
 907               <entry><option>-fignore-interface-pragmas</option></entry>
 908               <entry>Ignore pragmas in interface files</entry>
 909               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 910               <entry><option>-fno-ignore-interface-pragmas</option></entry>
 911             </row>
 912
 913             <row>
 914               <entry><option>-fliberate-case-threshold</option></entry>
 915               <entry>Tweak the liberate-case optimisation (default: 10)</entry>
 916               <entry>static</entry>
 917               <entry><option>-fno-liberate-case-threshold</option></entry>
 918             </row>
 919
 920             <row>
 921               <entry><option>-fomit-interface-pragmas</option></entry>
 922               <entry>Don't generate interface pragmas</entry>
 923               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 924               <entry><option>-fno-omit-interface-pragmas</option></entry>
 925             </row>
 926
 927             <row>
 928               <entry><option>-fmax-worker-args</option></entry>
 929               <entry>If a worker has that many arguments, none will be
 930                 unpacked anymore (default: 10)</entry>
 931               <entry>static</entry>
 932               <entry>-</entry>
 933             </row>
 934
 935             <row>
 936               <entry><option>-fmax-simplifier-iterations</option></entry>
 937               <entry>Set the max iterations for the simplifier</entry>
 938               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 939               <entry>-</entry>
 940             </row>
 941
 942             <row>
 943               <entry><option>-fno-state-hack</option></entry>
 944               <entry>Turn off the "state hack" whereby any lambda with a real-world state token
 945               as argument is considered to be single-entry.  Hence OK to inline things inside it.</entry>
 946               <entry>static</entry>
 947               <entry>-</entry>
 948             </row>
 949
 950             <row>
 951               <entry><option>-fno-cse</option></entry>
 952               <entry>Turn off common sub-expression</entry>
 953               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 954               <entry>-</entry>
 955             </row>
 956
 957             <row>
 958               <entry><option>-fno-full-laziness</option></entry>
 959               <entry>Turn off full laziness (floating bindings outwards).</entry>
 960               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 961               <entry>-ffull-laziness</entry>
 962             </row>
 963
 964             <row>
 965               <entry><option>-fno-pre-inlining</option></entry>
 966               <entry>Turn off pre-inlining</entry>
 967               <entry>static</entry>
 968               <entry>-</entry>
 969             </row>
 970
 971             <row>
 972               <entry><option>-fno-strictness</option></entry>
 973               <entry>Turn off strictness analysis</entry>
 974               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 975               <entry>-</entry>
 976             </row>
 977
 978             <row>
 979               <entry><option>-funbox-strict-fields</option></entry>
 980               <entry>Flatten strict constructor fields</entry>
 981               <entry>dynamic</entry>
 982               <entry><option>-fno-unbox-strict-fields</option></entry>
 983             </row>
 984
 985             <row>
 986               <entry><option>-funfolding-creation-threshold</option></entry>
 987               <entry>Tweak unfolding settings</entry>
 988               <entry>static</entry>
 989               <entry><option>-fno-unfolding-creation-threshold</option></entry>
 990             </row>
 991
 992             <row>
 993               <entry><option>-funfolding-fun-discount</option></entry>
 994               <entry>Tweak unfolding settings</entry>
 995               <entry>static</entry>
 996               <entry><option>-fno-unfolding-fun-discount</option></entry>
 997             </row>
 998
 999             <row>
1000               <entry><option>-funfolding-keeness-factor</option></entry>
1001               <entry>Tweak unfolding settings</entry>
1002               <entry>static</entry>
1003               <entry><option>-fno-unfolding-keeness-factor</option></entry>
1004             </row>
1005
1006             <row>
1007               <entry><option>-funfolding-update-in-place</option></entry>
1008               <entry>Tweak unfolding settings</entry>
1009               <entry>static</entry>
1010               <entry><option>-fno-unfolding-update-in-place</option></entry>
1011             </row>
1012
1013             <row>
1014               <entry><option>-funfolding-use-threshold</option></entry>
1015               <entry>Tweak unfolding settings</entry>
1016               <entry>static</entry>
1017               <entry><option>-fno-unfolding-use-threshold</option></entry>
1018             </row>
1019           </tbody>
1020         </tgroup>
1021       </informaltable>
1022     </sect2>
1023
1024     <sect2>
1025       <title>Profiling options</title>
1026
1027       <para><xref linkend="profiling"/></para>
1028
1029       <informaltable>
1030         <tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
1031           <thead>
1032             <row>
1033               <entry>Flag</entry>
1034               <entry>Description</entry>
1035               <entry>Static/Dynamic</entry>
1036               <entry>Reverse</entry>
1037             </row>
1038           </thead>
1039           <tbody>
1040             <row>
1041               <entry><option>-auto</option></entry>
1042               <entry>Auto-add <literal>_scc_</literal>s to all
1043               exported functions</entry>
1044               <entry>static</entry>
1045               <entry><option>-no-auto</option></entry>
1046             </row>
1047             <row>
1048               <entry><option>-auto-all</option></entry>
1049               <entry>Auto-add <literal>_scc_</literal>s to all
1050               top-level functions</entry>
1051               <entry>static</entry>
1052               <entry><option>-no-auto-all</option></entry>
1053             </row>
1054             <row>
1055               <entry><option>-auto-dicts</option></entry>
1056               <entry>Auto-add <literal>_scc_</literal>s to all dictionaries</entry>
1057               <entry>static</entry>
1058               <entry><option>-no-auto-dicts</option></entry>
1059             </row>
1060             <row>
1061               <entry><option>-caf-all</option></entry>
1062               <entry>Auto-add <literal>_scc_</literal>s to all CAFs</entry>
1063               <entry>static</entry>
1064               <entry><option>-no-caf-all</option></entry>
1065             </row>
1066             <row>
1067               <entry><option>-prof</option></entry>
1068               <entry>Turn on profiling</entry>
1069               <entry>static</entry>
1070               <entry>-</entry>
1071             </row>
1072             <row>
1073               <entry><option>-ticky</option></entry>
1074               <entry>Turn on ticky-ticky profiling</entry>
1075               <entry>static</entry>
1076               <entry>-</entry>
1077             </row>
1078           </tbody>
1079         </tgroup>
1080       </informaltable>
1081     </sect2>
1082
1083     <sect2>
1084       <title>Parallelism options</title>
1085
1086       <para><xref linkend="sec-using-parallel"/></para>
1087
1088       <informaltable>
1089         <tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
1090           <thead>
1091             <row>
1092               <entry>Flag</entry>
1093               <entry>Description</entry>
1094               <entry>Static/Dynamic</entry>
1095               <entry>Reverse</entry>
1096             </row>
1097           </thead>
1098           <tbody>
1099             <row>
1100               <entry><option>-gransim</option></entry>
1101               <entry>Enable GRANSIM</entry>
1102               <entry>static</entry>
1103               <entry>-</entry>
1104             </row>
1105             <row>
1106               <entry><option>-parallel</option></entry>
1107               <entry>Enable Parallel Haskell</entry>
1108               <entry>static</entry>
1109               <entry>-</entry>
1110             </row>
1111             <row>
1112               <entry><option>-smp</option></entry>
1113               <entry>Enable SMP support</entry>
1114               <entry>static</entry>
1115               <entry>-</entry>
1116             </row>
1117           </tbody>
1118         </tgroup>
1119       </informaltable>
1120     </sect2>
1121
1122     <sect2>
1123       <title>C pre-processor options</title>
1124
1125       <para><xref linkend="c-pre-processor"/></para>
1126
1127       <informaltable>
1128         <tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
1129           <thead>
1130             <row>
1131               <entry>Flag</entry>
1132               <entry>Description</entry>
1133               <entry>Static/Dynamic</entry>
1134               <entry>Reverse</entry>
1135             </row>
1136           </thead>
1137           <tbody>
1138             <row>
1139               <entry><option>-cpp</option></entry>
1140               <entry>Run the C pre-processor on Haskell source files</entry>
1141               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1142               <entry>-</entry>
1143             </row>
1144             <row>
1145               <entry><option>-D</option><replaceable>symbol</replaceable><optional>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></optional></entry>
1146               <entry>Define a symbol in the C pre-processor</entry>
1147               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1148               <entry><option>-U</option><replaceable>symbol</replaceable></entry>
1149             </row>
1150             <row>
1151               <entry><option>-U</option><replaceable>symbol</replaceable></entry>
1152               <entry>Undefine a symbol in the C pre-processor</entry>
1153               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1154               <entry>-</entry>
1155             </row>
1156             <row>
1157               <entry><option>-I</option><replaceable>dir</replaceable></entry>
1158               <entry>Add <replaceable>dir</replaceable> to the
1159               directory search list for <literal>#include</literal> files</entry>
1160               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1161               <entry>-</entry>
1162             </row>
1163           </tbody>
1164         </tgroup>
1165       </informaltable>
1166     </sect2>
1167
1168     <sect2>
1169       <title>C compiler options</title>
1170
1171       <para><xref linkend="options-C-compiler"/></para>
1172       <informaltable>
1173         <tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
1174           <thead>
1175             <row>
1176               <entry>Flag</entry>
1177               <entry>Description</entry>
1178               <entry>Static/Dynamic</entry>
1179               <entry>Reverse</entry>
1180             </row>
1181           </thead>
1182           <tbody>
1183             <row>
1184               <entry><option>-#include</option> <replaceable>file</replaceable></entry>
1185               <entry>Include <replaceable>file</replaceable> when
1186               compiling the <filename>.hc</filename> file</entry>
1187               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1188               <entry>-</entry>
1189             </row>
1190           </tbody>
1191         </tgroup>
1192       </informaltable>
1193     </sect2>
1194
1195     <sect2>
1196       <title>Code generation options</title>
1197
1198       <para><xref linkend="options-codegen"/></para>
1199
1200       <informaltable>
1201         <tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
1202           <thead>
1203             <row>
1204               <entry>Flag</entry>
1205               <entry>Description</entry>
1206               <entry>Static/Dynamic</entry>
1207               <entry>Reverse</entry>
1208             </row>
1209           </thead>
1210           <tbody>
1211             <row>
1212               <entry><option>-fasm</option></entry>
1213               <entry>Use the native code generator</entry>
1214               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1215               <entry>-fvia-C</entry>
1216             </row>
1217             <row>
1218               <entry><option>-fvia-C</option></entry>
1219               <entry>Compile via C</entry>
1220               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1221               <entry>-fasm</entry>
1222             </row>
1223             <row>
1224               <entry><option>-fno-code</option></entry>
1225               <entry>Omit code generation</entry>
1226               <entry>mode</entry>
1227               <entry>-</entry>
1228             </row>
1229           </tbody>
1230         </tgroup>
1231       </informaltable>
1232     </sect2>
1233
1234     <sect2>
1235       <title>Linking options</title>
1236
1237       <para><xref linkend="options-linker"/></para>
1238
1239       <informaltable>
1240         <tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
1241           <thead>
1242             <row>
1243               <entry>Flag</entry>
1244               <entry>Description</entry>
1245               <entry>Static/Dynamic</entry>
1246               <entry>Reverse</entry>
1247             </row>
1248           </thead>
1249           <tbody>
1250             <row>
1251               <entry><option>-dynamic</option></entry>
1252               <entry>Use dynamic Haskell libraries (if available)</entry>
1253               <entry>static</entry>
1254               <entry>-</entry>
1255             </row>
1256             <row>
1257               <entry><option>-framework</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable></entry>
1258               <entry>On Darwin/MacOS X only, link in the framework <replaceable>name</replaceable>.
1259                 This option corresponds to the <option>-framework</option> option for Apple's Linker.</entry>
1260               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1261               <entry>-</entry>
1262             </row>
1263             <row>
1264               <entry><option>-framework-path</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable></entry>
1265               <entry>On Darwin/MacOS X only, add <replaceable>dir</replaceable> to the list of
1266                 directories searched for frameworks.
1267                 This option corresponds to the <option>-F</option> option for Apple's Linker.</entry>
1268               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1269               <entry>-</entry>
1270             </row>
1271             <row>
1272               <entry><option>-l</option><replaceable>lib</replaceable></entry>
1273               <entry>Link in library <replaceable>lib</replaceable></entry>
1274               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1275               <entry>-</entry>
1276             </row>
1277             <row>
1278               <entry><option>-L</option><replaceable>dir</replaceable></entry>
1279               <entry>Add <replaceable>dir</replaceable> to the list of
1280               directories searched for libraries</entry>
1281               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1282               <entry>-</entry>
1283             </row>
1284             <row>
1285               <entry><option>-main-is</option></entry>
1286               <entry>Set main function</entry>
1287               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1288               <entry>-</entry>
1289             </row>
1290             <row>
1291               <entry><option>--mk-dll</option></entry>
1292               <entry>DLL-creation mode (Windows only)</entry>
1293               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1294               <entry>-</entry>
1295             </row>
1296             <row>
1297               <entry><option>-no-hs-main</option></entry>
1298               <entry>Don't assume this program contains <literal>main</literal></entry>
1299               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1300               <entry>-</entry>
1301             </row>
1302             <row>
1303               <entry><option>-no-link</option></entry>
1304               <entry>Omit linking</entry>
1305               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1306               <entry>-</entry>
1307             </row>
1308             <row>
1309               <entry><option>-package</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable></entry>
1310               <entry>Link in package <replaceable>name</replaceable></entry>
1311               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1312               <entry>-</entry>
1313             </row>
1314             <row>
1315               <entry><option>-split-objs</option></entry>
1316               <entry>Split objects (for libraries)</entry>
1317               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1318               <entry>-</entry>
1319             </row>
1320             <row>
1321               <entry><option>-static</option></entry>
1322               <entry>Use static Haskell libraries</entry>
1323               <entry>static</entry>
1324               <entry>-</entry>
1325             </row>
1326             <row>
1327               <entry><option>-threaded</option></entry>
1328               <entry>Use the threaded runtime</entry>
1329               <entry>static</entry>
1330               <entry>-</entry>
1331             </row>
1332             <row>
1333               <entry><option>-debug</option></entry>
1334               <entry>Use the debugging runtime</entry>
1335               <entry>static</entry>
1336               <entry>-</entry>
1337             </row>
1338           </tbody>
1339         </tgroup>
1340       </informaltable>
1341     </sect2>
1342
1343     <sect2>
1344       <title>Replacing phases</title>
1345
1346       <para><xref linkend="replacing-phases"/></para>
1347
1348       <informaltable>
1349         <tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
1350           <thead>
1351             <row>
1352               <entry>Flag</entry>
1353               <entry>Description</entry>
1354               <entry>Static/Dynamic</entry>
1355               <entry>Reverse</entry>
1356             </row>
1357           </thead>
1358           <tbody>
1359             <row>
1360               <entry><option>-pgmL</option> <replaceable>cmd</replaceable></entry>
1361               <entry>Use <replaceable>cmd</replaceable> as the literate pre-processor</entry>
1362               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1363               <entry>-</entry>
1364             </row>
1365             <row>
1366               <entry><option>-pgmP</option> <replaceable>cmd</replaceable></entry>
1367               <entry>Use <replaceable>cmd</replaceable> as the C
1368               pre-processor (with <option>-cpp</option> only)</entry>
1369               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1370               <entry>-</entry>
1371             </row>
1372             <row>
1373               <entry><option>-pgmc</option> <replaceable>cmd</replaceable></entry>
1374               <entry>Use <replaceable>cmd</replaceable> as the C compiler</entry>
1375               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1376               <entry>-</entry>
1377             </row>
1378             <row>
1379               <entry><option>-pgma</option> <replaceable>cmd</replaceable></entry>
1380               <entry>Use <replaceable>cmd</replaceable> as the assembler</entry>
1381               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1382               <entry>-</entry>
1383             </row>
1384             <row>
1385               <entry><option>-pgml</option> <replaceable>cmd</replaceable></entry>
1386               <entry>Use <replaceable>cmd</replaceable> as the linker</entry>
1387               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1388               <entry>-</entry>
1389             </row>
1390             <row>
1391               <entry><option>-pgmdll</option> <replaceable>cmd</replaceable></entry>
1392               <entry>Use <replaceable>cmd</replaceable> as the DLL generator</entry>
1393               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1394               <entry>-</entry>
1395             </row>
1396             <row>
1397               <entry><option>-pgmdep</option> <replaceable>cmd</replaceable></entry>
1398               <entry>Use <replaceable>cmd</replaceable> as the dependency generator</entry>
1399               <entry>dyanmic</entry>
1400               <entry>-</entry>
1401             </row>
1402             <row>
1403               <entry><option>-pgmF</option> <replaceable>cmd</replaceable></entry>
1404               <entry>Use <replaceable>cmd</replaceable> as the pre-processor
1405               (with <option>-F</option> only)</entry>
1406               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1407               <entry>-</entry>
1408             </row>
1409           </tbody>
1410         </tgroup>
1411       </informaltable>
1412       <indexterm><primary><option>-pgmL</option></primary></indexterm>
1413       <indexterm><primary><option>-pgmP</option></primary></indexterm>
1414       <indexterm><primary><option>-pgmc</option></primary></indexterm>
1415       <indexterm><primary><option>-pgma</option></primary></indexterm>
1416       <indexterm><primary><option>-pgml</option></primary></indexterm>
1417       <indexterm><primary><option>-pgmdll</option></primary></indexterm>
1418       <indexterm><primary><option>-pgmdep</option></primary></indexterm>
1419       <indexterm><primary><option>-pgmF</option></primary></indexterm>
1420
1421     </sect2>
1422
1423     <sect2>
1424       <title>Forcing options to particular phases</title>
1425
1426       <para><xref linkend="forcing-options-through"/></para>
1427
1428       <informaltable>
1429         <tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
1430           <thead>
1431             <row>
1432               <entry>Flag</entry>
1433               <entry>Description</entry>
1434               <entry>Static/Dynamic</entry>
1435               <entry>Reverse</entry>
1436             </row>
1437           </thead>
1438           <tbody>
1439             <row>
1440               <entry><option>-optL</option> <replaceable>option</replaceable></entry>
1441               <entry>pass <replaceable>option</replaceable> to the literate pre-processor</entry>
1442               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1443               <entry>-</entry>
1444             </row>
1445             <row>
1446               <entry><option>-optP</option> <replaceable>option</replaceable></entry>
1447               <entry>pass <replaceable>option</replaceable> to cpp (with
1448               <option>-cpp</option> only)</entry>
1449               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1450               <entry>-</entry>
1451             </row>
1452             <row>
1453               <entry><option>-optF</option> <replaceable>option</replaceable></entry>
1454               <entry>pass <replaceable>option</replaceable> to the
1455               custom pre-processor</entry>
1456               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1457               <entry>-</entry>
1458             </row>
1459             <row>
1460               <entry><option>-optc</option> <replaceable>option</replaceable></entry>
1461               <entry>pass <replaceable>option</replaceable> to the C compiler</entry>
1462               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1463               <entry>-</entry>
1464             </row>
1465             <row>
1466               <entry><option>-opta</option> <replaceable>option</replaceable></entry>
1467               <entry>pass <replaceable>option</replaceable> to the assembler</entry>
1468               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1469               <entry>-</entry>
1470             </row>
1471             <row>
1472               <entry><option>-optl</option> <replaceable>option</replaceable></entry>
1473               <entry>pass <replaceable>option</replaceable> to the linker</entry>
1474               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1475               <entry>-</entry>
1476             </row>
1477             <row>
1478               <entry><option>-optdll</option> <replaceable>option</replaceable></entry>
1479               <entry>pass <replaceable>option</replaceable> to the DLL generator</entry>
1480               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1481               <entry>-</entry>
1482             </row>
1483             <row>
1484               <entry><option>-optdep</option> <replaceable>option</replaceable></entry>
1485               <entry>pass <replaceable>option</replaceable> to the dependency generator</entry>
1486               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1487               <entry>-</entry>
1488             </row>
1489           </tbody>
1490         </tgroup>
1491       </informaltable>
1492     </sect2>
1493
1494     <sect2>
1495       <title>Platform-specific options</title>
1496
1497       <para><xref linkend="options-platform"/></para>
1498
1499       <informaltable>
1500         <tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
1501           <thead>
1502             <row>
1503               <entry>Flag</entry>
1504               <entry>Description</entry>
1505               <entry>Static/Dynamic</entry>
1506               <entry>Reverse</entry>
1507             </row>
1508           </thead>
1509           <tbody>
1510             <row>
1511               <entry><option>-mv8</option></entry>
1512               <entry>(SPARC only) enable version 8 support</entry>
1513               <entry>static</entry>
1514               <entry>-</entry>
1515             </row>
1516             <row>
1517               <entry><option>-monly-[32]-regs</option></entry>
1518               <entry>(x86 only) give some registers back to the C compiler</entry>
1519               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1520               <entry>-</entry>
1521             </row>
1522           </tbody>
1523         </tgroup>
1524       </informaltable>
1525     </sect2>
1526
1527
1528     <sect2>
1529       <title>External core file options</title>
1530
1531       <para><xref linkend="ext-core"/></para>
1532
1533       <informaltable>
1534         <tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
1535           <thead>
1536             <row>
1537               <entry>Flag</entry>
1538               <entry>Description</entry>
1539               <entry>Static/Dynamic</entry>
1540               <entry>Reverse</entry>
1541             </row>
1542           </thead>
1543           <tbody>
1544             <row>
1545               <entry><option>-fext-core</option></entry>
1546               <entry>Generate <filename>.hcr</filename> external Core files</entry>
1547               <entry>static</entry>
1548               <entry>-</entry>
1549             </row>
1550           </tbody>
1551         </tgroup>
1552       </informaltable>
1553     </sect2>
1554
1555
1556     <sect2>
1557       <title>Compiler debugging options</title>
1558
1559       <para><xref linkend="options-debugging"/></para>
1560
1561       <informaltable>
1562         <tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
1563           <thead>
1564             <row>
1565               <entry>Flag</entry>
1566               <entry>Description</entry>
1567               <entry>Static/Dynamic</entry>
1568               <entry>Reverse</entry>
1569             </row>
1570           </thead>
1571           <tbody>
1572             <row>
1573               <entry><option>-dcore-lint</option></entry>
1574               <entry>Turn on internal sanity checking</entry>
1575               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1576               <entry>-</entry>
1577             </row>
1578             <row>
1579               <entry><option>-ddump-absC</option></entry>
1580               <entry>Dump abstract C</entry>
1581               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1582               <entry>-</entry>
1583             </row>
1584             <row>
1585               <entry><option>-ddump-asm</option></entry>
1586               <entry>Dump assembly</entry>
1587               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1588               <entry>-</entry>
1589             </row>
1590             <row>
1591               <entry><option>-ddump-bcos</option></entry>
1592               <entry>Dump interpreter byte code</entry>
1593               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1594               <entry>-</entry>
1595             </row>
1596             <row>
1597               <entry><option>-ddump-cpranal</option></entry>
1598               <entry>Dump output from CPR analysis</entry>
1599               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1600               <entry>-</entry>
1601             </row>
1602             <row>
1603               <entry><option>-ddump-cse</option></entry>
1604               <entry>Dump CSE output</entry>
1605               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1606               <entry>-</entry>
1607             </row>
1608             <row>
1609               <entry><option>-ddump-deriv</option></entry>
1610               <entry>Dump deriving output</entry>
1611               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1612               <entry>-</entry>
1613             </row>
1614             <row>
1615               <entry><option>-ddump-ds</option></entry>
1616               <entry>Dump desugarer output</entry>
1617               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1618               <entry>-</entry>
1619             </row>
1620             <row>
1621               <entry><option>-ddump-flatC</option></entry>
1622               <entry>Dump &ldquo;flat&rdquo; C</entry>
1623               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1624               <entry>-</entry>
1625             </row>
1626             <row>
1627               <entry><option>-ddump-foreign</option></entry>
1628               <entry>Dump <literal>foreign export</literal> stubs</entry>
1629               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1630               <entry>-</entry>
1631             </row>
1632             <row>
1633               <entry><option>-ddump-inlinings</option></entry>
1634               <entry>Dump inlining info</entry>
1635               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1636               <entry>-</entry>
1637             </row>
1638             <row>
1639               <entry><option>-ddump-occur-anal</option></entry>
1640               <entry>Dump occurrence analysis output</entry>
1641               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1642               <entry>-</entry>
1643             </row>
1644             <row>
1645               <entry><option>-ddump-parsed</option></entry>
1646               <entry>Dump parse tree</entry>
1647               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1648               <entry>-</entry>
1649             </row>
1650             <row>
1651               <entry><option>-ddump-realC</option></entry>
1652               <entry>Dump &ldquo;real&rdquo; C</entry>
1653               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1654               <entry>-</entry>
1655             </row>
1656             <row>
1657               <entry><option>-ddump-rn</option></entry>
1658               <entry>Dump renamer output</entry>
1659               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1660               <entry>-</entry>
1661             </row>
1662             <row>
1663               <entry><option>-ddump-rules</option></entry>
1664               <entry>Dump rules</entry>
1665               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1666               <entry>-</entry>
1667             </row>
1668             <row>
1669               <entry><option>-ddump-sat</option></entry>
1670               <entry>Dump saturated output</entry>
1671               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1672               <entry>-</entry>
1673             </row>
1674             <row>
1675               <entry><option>-ddump-simpl</option></entry>
1676               <entry>Dump final simplifier output</entry>
1677               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1678               <entry>-</entry>
1679             </row>
1680             <row>
1681               <entry><option>-ddump-simpl-iterations</option></entry>
1682               <entry>Dump output from each simplifier iteration</entry>
1683               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1684               <entry>-</entry>
1685             </row>
1686             <row>
1687               <entry><option>-ddump-spec</option></entry>
1688               <entry>Dump specialiser output</entry>
1689               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1690               <entry>-</entry>
1691             </row>
1692             <row>
1693               <entry><option>-ddump-stg</option></entry>
1694               <entry>Dump final STG</entry>
1695               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1696               <entry>-</entry>
1697             </row>
1698             <row>
1699               <entry><option>-ddump-stranal</option></entry>
1700               <entry>Dump strictness analyser output</entry>
1701               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1702               <entry>-</entry>
1703             </row>
1704             <row>
1705               <entry><option>-ddump-tc</option></entry>
1706               <entry>Dump typechecker output</entry>
1707               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1708               <entry>-</entry>
1709             </row>
1710             <row>
1711               <entry><option>-ddump-types</option></entry>
1712               <entry>Dump type signatures</entry>
1713               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1714               <entry>-</entry>
1715             </row>
1716             <row>
1717               <entry><option>-ddump-usagesp</option></entry>
1718               <entry>Dump UsageSP analysis output</entry>
1719               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1720               <entry>-</entry>
1721             </row>
1722             <row>
1723               <entry><option>-ddump-worker-wrapper</option></entry>
1724               <entry>Dump worker-wrapper output</entry>
1725               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1726               <entry>-</entry>
1727             </row>
1728             <row>
1729               <entry><option>-ddump-rn-trace</option></entry>
1730               <entry>Trace renamer</entry>
1731               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1732               <entry>-</entry>
1733             </row>
1734             <row>
1735               <entry><option>-ddump-rn-stats</option></entry>
1736               <entry>Renamer stats</entry>
1737               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1738               <entry>-</entry>
1739             </row>
1740             <row>
1741               <entry><option>-ddump-stix</option></entry>
1742               <entry>Native code generator intermediate form</entry>
1743               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1744               <entry>-</entry>
1745             </row>
1746             <row>
1747               <entry><option>-ddump-simpl-stats</option></entry>
1748               <entry>Dump simplifier stats</entry>
1749               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1750               <entry>-</entry>
1751             </row>
1752             <row>
1753               <entry><option>-dppr-debug</option></entry>
1754               <entry>Turn on debug printing (more verbose)</entry>
1755               <entry>static</entry>
1756               <entry>-</entry>
1757             </row>
1758             <row>
1759               <entry><option>-dppr-noprags</option></entry>
1760               <entry>Don't output pragma info in dumps</entry>
1761               <entry>static</entry>
1762               <entry>-</entry>
1763             </row>
1764             <row>
1765               <entry><option>-dppr-user-length</option></entry>
1766               <entry>Set the depth for printing expressions in error msgs</entry>
1767               <entry>static</entry>
1768               <entry>-</entry>
1769             </row>
1770             <row>
1771               <entry><option>-dsource-stats</option></entry>
1772               <entry>Dump haskell source stats</entry>
1773               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1774               <entry>-</entry>
1775             </row>
1776             <row>
1777               <entry><option>-dstg-lint</option></entry>
1778               <entry>STG pass sanity checking</entry>
1779               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1780               <entry>-</entry>
1781             </row>
1782             <row>
1783               <entry><option>-dstg-stats</option></entry>
1784               <entry>Dump STG stats</entry>
1785               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1786               <entry>-</entry>
1787             </row>
1788             <row>
1789               <entry><option>-dusagesp-lint</option></entry>
1790               <entry>UsageSP sanity checker</entry>
1791               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1792               <entry>-</entry>
1793             </row>
1794             <row>
1795               <entry><option>-dverbose-core2core</option></entry>
1796               <entry>Show output from each core-to-core pass</entry>
1797               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1798               <entry>-</entry>
1799             </row>
1800             <row>
1801               <entry><option>-dverbose-stg2stg</option></entry>
1802               <entry>Show output from each STG-to-STG pass</entry>
1803               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1804               <entry>-</entry>
1805             </row>
1806             <row>
1807               <entry><option>-unreg</option></entry>
1808               <entry>Enable unregisterised compilation</entry>
1809               <entry>static</entry>
1810               <entry>-</entry>
1811             </row>
1812           </tbody>
1813         </tgroup>
1814       </informaltable>
1815     </sect2>
1816
1817     <sect2>
1818       <title>Misc compiler options</title>
1819
1820       <informaltable>
1821         <tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
1822           <thead>
1823             <row>
1824               <entry>Flag</entry>
1825               <entry>Description</entry>
1826               <entry>Static/Dynamic</entry>
1827               <entry>Reverse</entry>
1828             </row>
1829           </thead>
1830           <tbody>
1831             <row>
1832               <entry><option>-femit-extern-decls</option></entry>
1833               <entry>???</entry>
1834               <entry>static</entry>
1835               <entry>-</entry>
1836             </row>
1837             <row>
1838               <entry><option>-fno-hi-version-check</option></entry>
1839               <entry>Don't complain about <literal>.hi</literal> file mismatches</entry>
1840               <entry>static</entry>
1841               <entry>-</entry>
1842             </row>
1843             <row>
1844               <entry><option>-dno-black-holing</option></entry>
1845               <entry>Turn off black holing (probably doesn't work)</entry>
1846               <entry>static</entry>
1847               <entry>-</entry>
1848             </row>
1849             <row>
1850               <entry><option>-fno-method-sharing</option></entry>
1851               <entry>Don't share specialisations of overloaded functions</entry>
1852               <entry>static</entry>
1853               <entry>-</entry>
1854             </row>
1855             <row>
1856               <entry><option>-fhistory-size</option></entry>
1857               <entry>Set simplification history size</entry>
1858               <entry>static</entry>
1859               <entry>-</entry>
1860             </row>
1861             <row>
1862               <entry><option>-funregisterised</option></entry>
1863               <entry>Unregisterised compilation (use <option>-unreg</option> instead)</entry>
1864               <entry>static</entry>
1865               <entry>-</entry>
1866             </row>
1867             <row>
1868               <entry><option>-fno-asm-mangling</option></entry>
1869               <entry>Turn off assembly mangling (use <option>-unreg</option> instead)</entry>
1870               <entry>dynamic</entry>
1871               <entry>-</entry>
1872             </row>
1873           </tbody>
1874         </tgroup>
1875       </informaltable>
1876     </sect2>
1877   </sect1>
1878
1879
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1886   -Bdir
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