Do not treat absentError specially

(This was part of an experiment I abandoned.)

diff --git a/compiler/coreSyn/CoreUtils.lhs b/compiler/coreSyn/CoreUtils.lhs
index c50251d..b50cb01 100644 (file)
--- a/compiler/coreSyn/CoreUtils.lhs
+++ b/compiler/coreSyn/CoreUtils.lhs
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ import CostCentre
 import Unique
 import Outputable
 import TysPrim
-import PrelNames( absentErrorIdKey )
 import FastString
 import Maybes
 import Util
@@ -699,10 +698,7 @@ exprOkForSpeculation (Case e _ _ alts)
 
 exprOkForSpeculation other_expr
   = case collectArgs other_expr of
-       (Var f, args) | f `hasKey` absentErrorIdKey     -- Note [Absent error Id]
-                      -> all exprOkForSpeculation args  --    in WwLib
-                      | otherwise 
-                      -> spec_ok (idDetails f) args
+       (Var f, args) -> spec_ok (idDetails f) args
         _             -> False
  
   where

diff --git a/compiler/coreSyn/MkCore.lhs b/compiler/coreSyn/MkCore.lhs
index 583f314..f1d4273 100644 (file)
--- a/compiler/coreSyn/MkCore.lhs
+++ b/compiler/coreSyn/MkCore.lhs
@@ -648,6 +648,7 @@ err_nm str uniq id = mkWiredInIdName cONTROL_EXCEPTION_BASE (fsLit str) uniq id
 
 rEC_SEL_ERROR_ID, rUNTIME_ERROR_ID, iRREFUT_PAT_ERROR_ID, rEC_CON_ERROR_ID :: Id
 pAT_ERROR_ID, nO_METHOD_BINDING_ERROR_ID, nON_EXHAUSTIVE_GUARDS_ERROR_ID :: Id
+aBSENT_ERROR_ID :: Id
 rEC_SEL_ERROR_ID                = mkRuntimeErrorId recSelErrorName
 rUNTIME_ERROR_ID                = mkRuntimeErrorId runtimeErrorName
 iRREFUT_PAT_ERROR_ID            = mkRuntimeErrorId irrefutPatErrorName
@@ -655,10 +656,7 @@ rEC_CON_ERROR_ID                = mkRuntimeErrorId recConErrorName
 pAT_ERROR_ID                    = mkRuntimeErrorId patErrorName
 nO_METHOD_BINDING_ERROR_ID      = mkRuntimeErrorId noMethodBindingErrorName
 nON_EXHAUSTIVE_GUARDS_ERROR_ID  = mkRuntimeErrorId nonExhaustiveGuardsErrorName
-
-aBSENT_ERROR_ID :: Id
--- Not bottoming; no unfolding!  See Note [Absent error Id] in WwLib
-aBSENT_ERROR_ID = mkVanillaGlobal absentErrorName runtimeErrorTy
+aBSENT_ERROR_ID                 = mkRuntimeErrorId absentErrorName
 
 mkRuntimeErrorId :: Name -> Id
 mkRuntimeErrorId name = pc_bottoming_Id name runtimeErrorTy