patch applied (ghc): Better handling of node parameter in
calling conventions
John Dias
dias at eecs.harvard.edu
Mon Apr 27 09:01:22 EDT 2009
>> * Better handling of node parameter in calling conventions
>> - Previously, the node was taken as a parameter, then ignored,
>> for static closures. Goofy. Now, the vestigial node parameters
>> are gone.
> I presume for a top-level function you still reserve R1, even though nothing
> is passed in it? The AutoApply code in the RTS assumes this: regardless of
Yes: R1 is reserved. The idiocy before was that R1 was copied in to
a dead variable. There was no effect on the correctness of the program,
and the dead assignments would be dropped later, but it was embarrassing.
-j
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