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authorZubin Duggal <zubin.duggal@gmail.com>2023-05-16 14:34:19 +0530
committerZubin Duggal <zubin.duggal@gmail.com>2023-05-17 12:21:31 +0530
commit17fcce4ca5bf1418d8f335e869d328e1913d3f95 (patch)
tree18f5adee7cbcc938d4a1dd9b359659ca161c4661 /compiler/GHC/Iface/Ext/Ast.hs
parent2972fd66f91cb51426a1df86b8166a067015e231 (diff)
downloadhaskell-wip/no-binary-char.tar.gz
compiler: Remove instance Binary Charwip/no-binary-char
It is generally not a good idea to serialise strings as [Char] into interface files, as upon deserialisation each of these would be turned into a highly memory inefficient structure mostly composed of cons cells and pointers. If you really want to serialise a Char, use the SerialisableChar newtype.
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/GHC/Iface/Ext/Ast.hs b/compiler/GHC/Iface/Ext/Ast.hs
index 24a68e63c4..5af938cbe7 100644
--- a/compiler/GHC/Iface/Ext/Ast.hs
+++ b/compiler/GHC/Iface/Ext/Ast.hs
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ mkHieFileWithSource src_file src ms ts rs =
tcs = tcg_tcs ts
(asts',arr) = getCompressedAsts tc_binds rs top_ev_binds insts tcs in
HieFile
- { hie_hs_file = src_file
+ { hie_hs_file = mkFastString src_file
, hie_module = ms_mod ms
, hie_types = arr
, hie_asts = asts'