Remove GHC's haskell98 dependency

[ghc-hetmet.git] / compiler / simplCore / SimplUtils.lhs

diff --git a/compiler/simplCore/SimplUtils.lhs b/compiler/simplCore/SimplUtils.lhs
index c212893..663f543 100644 (file)
--- a/compiler/simplCore/SimplUtils.lhs
+++ b/compiler/simplCore/SimplUtils.lhs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ import MonadUtils
 import Outputable
 import FastString
 
-import List( nub )
+import Data.List
 \end{code}
 
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ data SimplCont
        SimplCont       
 
   | StrictArg          -- e C
-       OutExpr                 -- e 
+       OutExpr                 -- e; *always* of form (Var v `App1` e1 .. `App` en)
        CallCtxt                -- Whether *this* argument position is interesting
        ArgInfo                 -- Whether the function at the head of e has rules, etc
        SimplCont               --     plus strictness flags for *further* args
@@ -246,42 +246,8 @@ splitInlineCont _                      = Nothing
 \end{code}
 
 
-\begin{code}
-interestingArg :: OutExpr -> Bool
-       -- An argument is interesting if it has *some* structure
-       -- We are here trying to avoid unfolding a function that
-       -- is applied only to variables that have no unfolding
-       -- (i.e. they are probably lambda bound): f x y z
-       -- There is little point in inlining f here.
-interestingArg (Var v)          = hasSomeUnfolding (idUnfolding v)
-                                       -- Was: isValueUnfolding (idUnfolding v')
-                                       -- But that seems over-pessimistic
-                                || isDataConWorkId v
-                                       -- This accounts for an argument like
-                                       -- () or [], which is definitely interesting
-interestingArg (Type _)                 = False
-interestingArg (App fn (Type _)) = interestingArg fn
-interestingArg (Note _ a)       = interestingArg a
-
--- Idea (from Sam B); I'm not sure if it's a good idea, so commented out for now
--- interestingArg expr | isUnLiftedType (exprType expr)
---        -- Unlifted args are only ever interesting if we know what they are
---  =                  case expr of
---                        Lit lit -> True
---                        _       -> False
-
-interestingArg _                 = True
-       -- Consider     let x = 3 in f x
-       -- The substitution will contain (x -> ContEx 3), and we want to
-       -- to say that x is an interesting argument.
-       -- But consider also (\x. f x y) y
-       -- The substitution will contain (x -> ContEx y), and we want to say
-       -- that x is not interesting (assuming y has no unfolding)
-\end{code}
-
-
-Comment about interestingCallContext
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Note [Interesting call context]
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 We want to avoid inlining an expression where there can't possibly be
 any gain, such as in an argument position.  Hence, if the continuation
 is interesting (eg. a case scrutinee, application etc.) then we
@@ -316,6 +282,7 @@ default case.
 
 \begin{code}
 interestingCallContext :: SimplCont -> CallCtxt
+-- See Note [Interesting call context]
 interestingCallContext cont
   = interesting cont
   where
@@ -354,7 +321,7 @@ interestingCallContext cont
 -------------------
 mkArgInfo :: Id
          -> Int        -- Number of value args
-         -> SimplCont  -- Context of the cal
+         -> SimplCont  -- Context of the call
          -> ArgInfo
 
 mkArgInfo fun n_val_args call_cont