[project @ 2005-10-05 13:15:44 by simonmar]

mention that -O turns assertions off

diff --git a/GHC/Base.lhs b/GHC/Base.lhs
index edb960e..8278dbb 100644 (file)
--- a/GHC/Base.lhs
+++ b/GHC/Base.lhs
@@ -700,7 +700,8 @@ lazy x = x
 -- call to 'assert'.
 --
 -- Assertions can normally be turned on or off with a compiler flag
--- (for GHC, assertions are normally on unless the @-fignore-asserts@
+-- (for GHC, assertions are normally on unless optimisation is turned on 
+-- with @-O@ or the @-fignore-asserts@
 -- option is given).  When assertions are turned off, the first
 -- argument to 'assert' is ignored, and the second argument is
 -- returned as the result.