Add ghc and version number in .ident directive in NCG

Just because we can and because every other compiler does,
lets stick in an identifier directive: .ident "GHC x.y.z"
into the assembly output of the NCG.

diff --git a/compiler/nativeGen/AsmCodeGen.lhs b/compiler/nativeGen/AsmCodeGen.lhs
index 3bc9277..fa0ff89 100644 (file)
--- a/compiler/nativeGen/AsmCodeGen.lhs
+++ b/compiler/nativeGen/AsmCodeGen.lhs
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import CLabel           ( pprCLabel )
 import ErrUtils                ( dumpIfSet_dyn )
 import DynFlags                ( DynFlags, DynFlag(..), dopt )
 import StaticFlags     ( opt_Static, opt_PIC )
+import Config           ( cProjectVersion )
 
 import Digraph
 import qualified Pretty
@@ -140,6 +141,12 @@ nativeCodeGen dflags cmms us
                 -- stack so add the note in:
             Pretty.$$ Pretty.text ".section .note.GNU-stack,\"\",@progbits"
 #endif
+                -- And just because every other compiler does, lets stick in
+               -- an identifier directive: .ident "GHC x.y.z"
+           Pretty.$$ let compilerIdent = Pretty.text "GHC" Pretty.<+>
+                                         Pretty.text cProjectVersion
+                       in Pretty.text ".ident" Pretty.<+>
+                          Pretty.doubleQuotes compilerIdent
             )
    }