notes on ghc-5.02.2
S.D.Mechveliani
mechvel@math.botik.ru
Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:05:37 +0300
Dear GHC,
Here are some comments on ghc-5.02.2.
I have tested it in the following way.
1. Installed binary = ghc-5.02.2-i386-linux-unknown.
2. Compiled ghc-5.02.2-source with binary for linux-i386,
under empty mk/build.mk, removed binary installation.
3. Compiled a large Haskell project DoCon under -O
(making package, -fglasgow-exts, overlappings ...)
4. Run DoCon test.
It looks all right.
* It spends the memory in a better way when making a project and
loading interpreted modules.
* It looks fixed the bug with the value visibility in ghci in
(let f = ...; let g = h f ...)
Some questions
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* up-arrow key does not work in ghci,
and it worked in binary installation.
Probably, some library was not found. How to fix this?
I have stored config.log of `./configure ...'
and makeall.log of `make all'.
`make boot' (before `make all') did nothing and issued a
message recommending to run a thing something in some
subdirectory, and I skipped this command at all. Do I mistake?
* the directory /share always neighboured to /bin /lib
in the installation directory. Why it is absent now?
Maybe, the up-arrow bug is related to this?
* Where to find the ghc manual in the .ps form,
like set.ps provided by binary installation?
* The interpreted code looks 2-3 times larger than compiled one.
DoCon-library has size 11 Mb,
.o files of compiled test take less than 2 Mb,
test loading ghci -package docon T_ +RTS -Mxx -RTS
needs xx = 12 for the compiled full test T_,
31 for interpreted T_.
If DoCon-library is out of the heap reserved by -M (is it?),
then, we have that interpreted code is 2.6 times larger.
Is this due to large interaces kept in heap?
Please, advise,
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Serge Mechveliani
mechvel@botik.ru