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-rw-r--r--compiler/codeGen/ClosureInfo.lhs8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/codeGen/ClosureInfo.lhs b/compiler/codeGen/ClosureInfo.lhs
index e6319898db..27aed3a70e 100644
--- a/compiler/codeGen/ClosureInfo.lhs
+++ b/compiler/codeGen/ClosureInfo.lhs
@@ -594,7 +594,13 @@ getCallMethod this_pkg name (LFThunk _ _ updatable std_form_info is_fun) n_args
if we enter the same thunk multiple times, so the optimisation
of jumping directly to the entry code is still valid. --SDM
-}
- = ASSERT2( n_args == 0, ppr name ) EnterIt
+ = EnterIt
+ -- We used to have ASSERT( n_args == 0 ), but actually it is
+ -- possible for the optimiser to generate
+ -- let bot :: Int = error Int "urk"
+ -- in (bot `cast` unsafeCoerce Int (Int -> Int)) 3
+ -- This happens as a result of the case-of-error transformation
+ -- So the right thing to do is just to enter the thing
| otherwise -- Jump direct to code for single-entry thunks
= ASSERT( n_args == 0 )