From 4fa950cfe56b2b3378dca9e5fe177d5c3a625b0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: simonmar <unknown>
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 13:15:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [project @ 2005-10-05 13:15:44 by simonmar] mention that -O
 turns assertions off

---
 GHC/Base.lhs |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/GHC/Base.lhs b/GHC/Base.lhs
index edb960e..8278dbb 100644
--- 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.
-- 
1.7.10.4