= NoWorker
tidyWorker tidy_env show_unfold (HasWorker work_id wrap_arity)
| show_unfold = HasWorker (tidyVarOcc tidy_env work_id) wrap_arity
- | otherwise = WARN( True, ppr work_id ) NoWorker
+ | otherwise = NoWorker
-- NB: do *not* expose the worker if show_unfold is off,
-- because that means this thing is a loop breaker or
-- marked NOINLINE or something like that
-- then you can make the simplifier go into an infinite loop, because
-- in effect the unfolding is exposed. See Trac #1709
--
- -- Mind you, it probably should not be w/w'd in the first place;
- -- hence the WARN
+ -- You might think that if show_unfold is False, then the thing should
+ -- not be w/w'd in the first place. But a legitimate reason is this:
+ -- the function returns bottom
+ -- In this case, show_unfold will be false (we don't expose unfoldings
+ -- for bottoming functions), but we might still have a worker/wrapper
+ -- split (see Note [Worker-wrapper for bottoming functions] in WorkWrap.lhs
\end{code}
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