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[ghc-hetmet.git] / compiler / coreSyn / CoreUtils.lhs

diff --git a/compiler/coreSyn/CoreUtils.lhs b/compiler/coreSyn/CoreUtils.lhs
index 4146b62..19ac62f 100644 (file)
--- a/compiler/coreSyn/CoreUtils.lhs
+++ b/compiler/coreSyn/CoreUtils.lhs
@@ -592,6 +592,12 @@ exprIsCheap' good_app other_expr   -- Applications and variables
     go_pap args = all (exprIsCheap' good_app) args
         -- Used to be "all exprIsTrivial args" due to concerns about
         -- duplicating nested constructor applications, but see #4978.
+       -- The principle here is that 
+       --    let x = a +# b in c *# x
+        -- should behave equivalently to
+        --    c *# (a +# b)
+        -- Since lets with cheap RHSs are accepted, 
+        -- so should paps with cheap arguments
 
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     go_primop op args = primOpIsCheap op && all (exprIsCheap' good_app) args