[Haskell-cafe] Does GHC compare pointers when eval'ing (==)

[Alois Cochard]

Hi Johan,

Haskell does not support referential equality, as that would break
referential transparency.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1717553/pointer-equality-in-haskell

Cheers
 On Aug 20, 2014 7:52 AM, "Johan Holmquist" <holmisen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Comparing two structures for equality (structurally) can be expensive. But
> if their references are the same they would for sure be equal (unless (==)
> was defined in some funny way). Does GHC perform any such optimization?
>
> (Likely a question for another list but I make a stab here first. )
>
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