[Haskell-cafe] Unrecognized function symbols in .prof

[Lee Pike]

Iavor,

Thanks.

> One way to test this would be to name the equality function explicitly.  For
> example, something like this:
> myEquality x y = ...
> instance Eq MyType where (==) = myEquality

Good idea (but a little painful!).

> Another option would be to look at the generated core by using -ddump-simpl
> when compiling. This will generate a whole bunch of output, which you can
> redirect to a file and the search for the mysterious symbols inside.

The symbols aren't in the core of the module I'm profiling---sorry, I
didn't mention that the symbols are from an imported library (compiled
with -auto-all, so the library symbols are included in the .prof).

Is there a convenient way to dump core when building libraries with
cabal?  (--ghc-options=-ddump-simpl doesn't seem to do it).

Anyway, I'll resort to your option #1.

Thanks,
Lee

>> Hi,
>>
>> I am profiling a Haskell program using GHC, and after executing the
>> program with +RTS -p, I get a .prof file that lists the cost centers
>> of the program.  Some of the cost centers listed are for function
>> symbols that do not exist in the given module.  For example, I have in
>> my .prof file:
>>
>> COST CENTRE              MODULE   %time %alloc
>> ==_a2MT                        Foo           19.8    0.0
>> ==_a2R8                         Foo           17.8    0.0
>> ==_a2Bg                         Bar           13.7    0.0
>>                  ....                     ....
>>
>> It appears these are generated symbols; how do I find out what those
>> function symbols correspond to?  (In this case, my assumption is that
>> these symbols refer to instances of the Eq class, but I'm not sure.)
>>
>> [I couldn't find anything about this in the GHC online documentation
>> or via Googling, but sorry if I missed it.]
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Lee
>>
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