#1205: ':load foo.hs' in GHCi always compiles to bytecode

[ghc-hetmet.git] / compiler / main / GHC.hs

diff --git a/compiler/main/GHC.hs b/compiler/main/GHC.hs
index f08b613..dbf3680 100644 (file)
--- a/compiler/main/GHC.hs
+++ b/compiler/main/GHC.hs
@@ -1757,7 +1757,10 @@ summariseFile hsc_env old_summaries file mb_phase maybe_buf
 
        if ms_hs_date old_summary == src_timestamp 
           then do -- update the object-file timestamp
-                 obj_timestamp <- getObjTimestamp location False
+                 obj_timestamp <-
+                    if isObjectTarget (hscTarget (hsc_dflags hsc_env)) -- #1205
+                        then getObjTimestamp location False
+                        else return Nothing
                  return old_summary{ ms_obj_date = obj_timestamp }
           else
                new_summary
@@ -1785,7 +1788,12 @@ summariseFile hsc_env old_summaries file mb_phase maybe_buf
                           Nothing    -> getModificationTime file
                        -- getMofificationTime may fail
 
-       obj_timestamp <- modificationTimeIfExists (ml_obj_file location)
+        -- when the user asks to load a source file by name, we only
+        -- use an object file if -fobject-code is on.  See #1205.
+       obj_timestamp <-
+            if isObjectTarget (hscTarget (hsc_dflags hsc_env))
+                then modificationTimeIfExists (ml_obj_file location)
+                else return Nothing
 
         return (ModSummary { ms_mod = mod, ms_hsc_src = HsSrcFile,
                             ms_location = location,