fix panic in #1379

[ghc-hetmet.git] / compiler / ghci / ByteCodeGen.lhs

diff --git a/compiler/ghci/ByteCodeGen.lhs b/compiler/ghci/ByteCodeGen.lhs
index 3f147c5..479d35d 100644 (file)
--- a/compiler/ghci/ByteCodeGen.lhs
+++ b/compiler/ghci/ByteCodeGen.lhs
@@ -1376,13 +1376,14 @@ lookupBCEnv_maybe = lookupFM
 idSizeW :: Id -> Int
 idSizeW id = cgRepSizeW (typeCgRep (idType id))
 
+-- See bug #1257
 unboxedTupleException :: a
 unboxedTupleException 
    = throwDyn 
-        (Panic 
-           ("Bytecode generator can't handle unboxed tuples.  Possibly due\n" ++
-            "\tto foreign import/export decls in source.  Workaround:\n" ++
-            "\tcompile this module to a .o file, then restart session."))
+        (ProgramError 
+           ("Error: bytecode compiler can't handle unboxed tuples.\n"++
+            "  Possibly due to foreign import/export decls in source.\n"++
+            "  Workaround: use -fobject-code, or compile this module to .o separately."))
 
 
 mkSLIDE n d = if d == 0 then nilOL else unitOL (SLIDE n d)