- , exprOkForSpeculation scrut
- -- OK not to evaluate it
- -- This includes things like (==# a# b#)::Bool
- -- so that we simplify
- -- case ==# a# b# of { True -> x; False -> x }
- -- to just
- -- x
- -- This particular example shows up in default methods for
- -- comparision operations (e.g. in (>=) for Int.Int32)
- || exprIsHNF scrut -- It's already evaluated
- || var_demanded_later scrut -- It'll be demanded later
-
--- || not opt_SimplPedanticBottoms) -- Or we don't care!
--- We used to allow improving termination by discarding cases, unless -fpedantic-bottoms was on,
--- but that breaks badly for the dataToTag# primop, which relies on a case to evaluate
--- its argument: case x of { y -> dataToTag# y }
--- Here we must *not* discard the case, because dataToTag# just fetches the tag from
--- the info pointer. So we'll be pedantic all the time, and see if that gives any
--- other problems
--- Also we don't want to discard 'seq's
+ , if isUnLiftedType (idType case_bndr)
+ then exprOkForSpeculation scrut
+ -- Satisfy the let-binding invariant
+ -- This includes things like (==# a# b#)::Bool
+ -- so that we simplify
+ -- case ==# a# b# of { True -> x; False -> x }
+ -- to just
+ -- x
+ -- This particular example shows up in default methods for
+ -- comparision operations (e.g. in (>=) for Int.Int32)
+
+ else exprIsHNF scrut || var_demanded_later scrut
+ -- It's already evaluated, or will be demanded later
+ -- See Note [Case elimination: lifted case]