RE: A question about the "awkward squad"

2004-12-06 Thread Simon Marlow
On 06 December 2004 13:25, Simon Peyton-Jones wrote: >>> and is it (still?) true that GHC never expands them? >> >> I'm not sure if GHC guarantees never to duplicate a redex, Simon PJ >> might know. > > Yes, it's very careful not to duplicate a redex, except for ones of > known bounded size, lik

RE: A question about the "awkward squad"

2004-12-06 Thread Simon Peyton-Jones
| > and is it (still?) true that GHC never expands them? | | I'm not sure if GHC guarantees never to duplicate a redex, Simon PJ | might know. Yes, it's very careful not to duplicate a redex, except for ones of known bounded size, like x +# y, where sharing the work costs more than duplicating in

RE: A question about the "awkward squad"

2004-12-06 Thread Simon Marlow
On 04 December 2004 04:27, Judah Jacobson wrote: > What exactly are redex's, in this context, Any expression which can be beta-reduced or case-reduced. > and is it (still?) true that GHC never expands them? I'm not sure if GHC guarantees never to duplicate a redex, Simon PJ might know. > Or ar