[project @ 2005-10-17 11:10:36 by simonpj]

[project @ 2005-10-17 11:10:36 by simonpj]
Small simplifier bug in case optimisation
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The simplifier eliminates redundant case branches, and panics if there
are no case alternatives.  But due to a slightly delayed instantiation
of a type constructor variable 'p' by a type constructor 'P', it turned
out that an inner case had no alternatives at all, becuase an outer case
had not pruned a branch as quickly as it should have.

This commit fixes both problems:

a) SimplUtils.mkCase1 now returns a call to 'error' (instead of panicing)
   when it gets an empty list of alternatives.   Somewhat analogous to
   the inaccessible GADT case in Simplify.simplifyAlt

b) In SimplUtils.prepareDefault, use the up-to-date scrutinee, rather than
   the less up-to-date case_bndr, to get the case type constructor.  That
   leads to slightly earlier pruning of inaccessible branches.

Fixes a bug reported by Ian Lynagh.

Test is simplCore/should_compile/simpl013