STG to JavaScript translation

[Philippa Cowderoy]

On Mon, 17 Sep 2007, Neil Mitchell wrote:

> Hi
> 
> > case e of b { pati -> rhsi }
> >
> > * evaluates 'e',
> > * binds the resulting value to 'b',
> > * performs case analysis on the result to find which alternative to choose
> > * binds the variables of the pattern to the components of the value
> 
> The Yhc.Core translator converts this to:
> 
> let b = e in case b of { pati -> rhsi }
> 
> I'm not sure if that would be a clearer form for you to work with, as
> it is closer to standard Haskell.
> 

Definitely not, let allocates.

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