s part of the return protocol
for returning from a constructor.
Simon
-Original Message-
From: Ömer Sinan Ağacan [mailto:omeraga...@gmail.com]
Sent: 25 August 2016 17:46
To: Simon Peyton Jones
Cc: ghc-devs
Subject: Re: Can we mark DataCon ptrs only in allocation sites and not
age-
> | From: ghc-devs [mailto:ghc-devs-boun...@haskell.org] On Behalf Of Ömer
> | Sinan Agacan
> | Sent: 25 August 2016 11:46
> | To: ghc-devs
> | Subject: Can we mark DataCon ptrs only in allocation sites and not
> | generate entry code?
> |
> | As far as I ca
mmCon case.
But also we clearly must do so in the entry code for a data constructor
Simon
| -Original Message-
| From: ghc-devs [mailto:ghc-devs-boun...@haskell.org] On Behalf Of Ömer
| Sinan Agacan
| Sent: 25 August 2016 11:46
| To: ghc-devs
| Subject: Can we mark DataCon pt
As far as I can see in the native code compiler we mark DataCon
pointers in two places:
1. In allocation sites (StgCmmCon.hs:240)
2. In DataCon entry code (StgCmm.hs:244)
I was wondering why we can't get away with just doing (1). Can anyone give me
an example where an allocation doesn't return a
