[Git][ghc/ghc][master] 2 commits: Add since annotation for -fkeep-auto-rules.

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62650d9f by Andreas Klebinger at 2024-08-07T11:49:54-04:00
Add since annotation for -fkeep-auto-rules.

This partially addresses #25082.

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5f0e23fd by Andreas Klebinger at 2024-08-07T11:49:54-04:00
Mention `-fkeep-auto-rules` in release notes.

It was added earlier but hadn't appeared in any release notes yet.
Partially addresses #25082.

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2 changed files:

- docs/users_guide/9.12.1-notes.rst
- docs/users_guide/using-optimisation.rst


Changes:

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docs/users_guide/9.12.1-notes.rst
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@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ Compiler
   This enables people to write their own custom assertion functions.
   See :ref:`assertions`.
 
+- The flag :ghc-flag:`-fkeep-auto-rules` that forces GHC to keep auto generated
+  specialization rules was added. It was actually added ghc-9.10.1 already but
+  mistakenly not mentioned in the 9.10.1 changelog.
+
 - Fixed a bug that caused GHC to panic when using the aarch64 ncg and -fregs-graph
   on certain programs. (#24941)
 


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docs/users_guide/using-optimisation.rst
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@@ -664,10 +664,11 @@ as such you shouldn't need to set any of them explicitly. A flag
     :category:
 
     :default: off
+    :since: 9.10.1
 
     The type-class specialiser and call-pattern specialisation both
     generate so-called "auto" RULES.  These rules are usually exposed
-    to importing modules in the interface file. But an auto rule is the
+    to importing modules in the interface file. But when an auto rule is the
     sole reason for keeping a function alive, both the rule and the function
     are discarded, by default. That reduces code bloat, but risks the same
     function being specialised again in an importing module.



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