Comment out deeply suspicious (and unused) function insertStableSymbol

[ghc-hetmet.git] / compiler / stgSyn / CoreToStg.lhs

diff --git a/compiler/stgSyn/CoreToStg.lhs b/compiler/stgSyn/CoreToStg.lhs
index 66e2d61..64f9fe3 100644 (file)
--- a/compiler/stgSyn/CoreToStg.lhs
+++ b/compiler/stgSyn/CoreToStg.lhs
@@ -548,6 +548,21 @@ coreToStgArgs (arg : args) -- Non-type argument
                       StgLit lit       -> StgLitArg lit
                       _                -> pprPanic "coreToStgArgs" (ppr arg)
     in
+       -- WARNING: what if we have an argument like (v `cast` co)
+       --          where 'co' changes the representation type?
+       --          (This really only happens if co is unsafe.)
+       -- Then all the getArgAmode stuff in CgBindery will set the
+       -- cg_rep of the CgIdInfo based on the type of v, rather
+       -- than the type of 'co'.
+       -- This matters particularly when the function is a primop
+       -- or foreign call.
+       -- Wanted: a better solution than this hacky warning
+    let
+       arg_ty = exprType arg
+       stg_arg_ty = stgArgType stg_arg
+    in
+    WARN( isUnLiftedType arg_ty /= isUnLiftedType stg_arg_ty, 
+         ptext SLIT("Dangerous-looking argument. Probable cause: bad unsafeCoerce#") $$ ppr arg)
     returnLne (stg_arg : stg_args, fvs)