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diff --git a/docs/users_guide/using-optimisation.rst b/docs/users_guide/using-optimisation.rst index cacc55325e..d6240bc5cb 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/using-optimisation.rst +++ b/docs/users_guide/using-optimisation.rst @@ -1238,3 +1238,19 @@ by saying ``-fno-wombat``. if a function definition will be inlined *at a call site*. The other option determines if a function definition will be kept around at all for potential inlining. + +.. ghc-flag:: -fbinary-blob-threshold=⟨n⟩ + :shortdesc: *default: 500K.* Tweak assembly generator for binary blobs. + :type: dynamic + :category: optimization + + :default: 500000 + + The native code-generator can either dump binary blobs (e.g. string + literals) into the assembly file (by using ".asciz" or ".string" assembler + directives) or it can dump them as binary data into a temporary file which + is then included by the assembler (using the ".incbin" assembler directive). + + This flag sets the size (in bytes) threshold above which the second approach + is used. You can disable the second approach entirely by setting the + threshold to 0. |