[Haskell-cafe] does the compiler optimize repeated calls?

[Eric Kow]

Hi,

On 9/6/06, Tamas K Papp <tpapp at princeton.edu> wrote:
> or does the compiler perform this optimization?  More generally, if a
> function is invoked with the same parameters again (and it doesn't
> involve anything like monads), does does it makes sense
> (performancewise) to "store" the result somewhere?

I was wondering something like this too, and then I found this email:
http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/glasgow-haskell-bugs/2004-December/004530.html

So I guess it is as Stephane said: theoretically possible but not actually done?

--eric the perpetual newbie

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