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-rw-r--r--docs/users_guide/flags.xml52
-rw-r--r--docs/users_guide/shared_libs.xml2
3 files changed, 154 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/debugging.xml b/docs/users_guide/debugging.xml
index 6fc1413bb1..b84134ad13 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/debugging.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/debugging.xml
@@ -476,6 +476,88 @@
style.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="formatting dumps">
+ <title>Formatting dumps</title>
+
+ <indexterm><primary>formatting dumps</primary></indexterm>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>-dppr-user-length</option>
+ <indexterm><primary><option>-dppr-user-length</option></primary></indexterm>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>In error messages, expressions are printed to a
+ certain &ldquo;depth&rdquo;, with subexpressions beyond the
+ depth replaced by ellipses. This flag sets the
+ depth. Its default value is 5.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>-dppr-colsNNN</option>
+ <indexterm><primary><option>-dppr-colsNNN</option></primary></indexterm>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Set the width of debugging output. Use this if your code is wrapping too much.
+ For example: <option>-dppr-cols200</option>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>-dppr-case-as-let</option>
+ <indexterm><primary><option>-dppr-case-as-let</option></primary></indexterm>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Print single alternative case expressions as though they were strict
+ let expressions. This is helpful when your code does a lot of unboxing.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>-dno-debug-output</option>
+ <indexterm><primary><option>-dno-debug-output</option></primary></indexterm>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Suppress any unsolicited debugging output. When GHC
+ has been built with the <literal>DEBUG</literal> option it
+ occasionally emits debug output of interest to developers.
+ The extra output can confuse the testing framework and
+ cause bogus test failures, so this flag is provided to
+ turn it off.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="supression">
+ <title>Suppressing unwanted information</title>
+
+ <indexterm><primary>suppression</primary></indexterm>
+
+ Core dumps contain a large amount of information. Depending on what you are doing, not all of it will be useful.
+ Use these flags to suppress the parts that you are not interested in.
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>-dsuppress-all</option>
+ <indexterm><primary><option>-dsuppress-all</option></primary></indexterm>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Suppress everything that can be suppressed, except for unique ids as this often
+ makes the printout ambiguous. If you just want to see the overall structure of
+ the code, then start here.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
@@ -483,7 +565,7 @@
<indexterm><primary><option>-dsuppress-uniques</option></primary></indexterm>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>Suppress the printing of uniques in debugging output. This may make
+ <para>Suppress the printing of uniques. This may make
the printout ambiguous (e.g. unclear where an occurrence of 'x' is bound), but
it makes the output of two compiler runs have many fewer gratuitous differences,
so you can realistically apply <command>diff</command>. Once <command>diff</command>
@@ -493,12 +575,13 @@
<varlistentry>
<term>
- <option>-dsuppress-coercions</option>
- <indexterm><primary><option>-dsuppress-coercions</option></primary></indexterm>
+ <option>-dsuppress-idinfo</option>
+ <indexterm><primary><option>-dsuppress-idinfo</option></primary></indexterm>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>Suppress the printing of coercions in Core dumps to make them
-shorter.</para>
+ <para>Suppress extended information about identifiers where they are bound. This includes
+ strictness information and inliner templates. Using this flag can cut the size
+ of the core dump in half, due to the lack of inliner templates</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -508,36 +591,39 @@ shorter.</para>
<indexterm><primary><option>-dsuppress-module-prefixes</option></primary></indexterm>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>Suppress the printing of module qualification prefixes in Core dumps to make them easier to read.</para>
+ <para>Suppress the printing of module qualification prefixes.
+ This is the <constant>Data.List</constant> in <constant>Data.List.length</constant>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
- <option>-dppr-user-length</option>
- <indexterm><primary><option>-dppr-user-length</option></primary></indexterm>
+ <option>-dsuppress-type-signatures</option>
+ <indexterm><primary><option>-dsuppress-type-signatures</option></primary></indexterm>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>In error messages, expressions are printed to a
- certain &ldquo;depth&rdquo;, with subexpressions beyond the
- depth replaced by ellipses. This flag sets the
- depth. Its default value is 5.</para>
+ <para>Suppress the printing of type signatures.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>-dno-debug-output</option>
- <indexterm><primary><option>-dno-debug-output</option></primary></indexterm>
+ <term>
+ <option>-dsuppress-type-applications</option>
+ <indexterm><primary><option>-dsuppress-type-applications</option></primary></indexterm>
</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Suppress any unsolicited debugging output. When GHC
- has been built with the <literal>DEBUG</literal> option it
- occasionally emits debug output of interest to developers.
- The extra output can confuse the testing framework and
- cause bogus test failures, so this flag is provided to
- turn it off.</para>
- </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Suppress the printing of type applications.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>-dsuppress-coercions</option>
+ <indexterm><primary><option>-dsuppress-coercions</option></primary></indexterm>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Suppress the printing of type coercions.</para>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/flags.xml b/docs/users_guide/flags.xml
index add2f5e1b7..4a502b4b8c 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/flags.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/flags.xml
@@ -2474,32 +2474,68 @@ phase <replaceable>n</replaceable></entry>
<entry>-</entry>
</row>
<row>
+ <entry><option>-dppr-noprags</option></entry>
+ <entry>Don't output pragma info in dumps</entry>
+ <entry>static</entry>
+ <entry>-</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><option>-dppr-user-length</option></entry>
+ <entry>Set the depth for printing expressions in error msgs</entry>
+ <entry>static</entry>
+ <entry>-</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><option>-dppr-colsNNN</option></entry>
+ <entry>Set the width of debugging output. For example <option>-dppr-cols200</option></entry>
+ <entry>static</entry>
+ <entry>-</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><option>-dppr-case-as-let</option></entry>
+ <entry>Print single alternative case expressions as strict lets.</entry>
+ <entry>static</entry>
+ <entry>-</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><option>-dsuppress-all</option></entry>
+ <entry>In core dumps, suppress everything that is suppressable.</entry>
+ <entry>static</entry>
+ <entry>-</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
<entry><option>-dsuppress-uniques</option></entry>
- <entry>Suppress the printing of uniques in debug output (easier to use <command>diff</command>.</entry>
+ <entry>Suppress the printing of uniques in debug output (easier to use <command>diff</command>)</entry>
<entry>static</entry>
<entry>-</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry><option>-dsuppress-coercions</option></entry>
- <entry>Suppress the printing of coercions in Core dumps to make them shorter.</entry>
+ <entry><option>-dsuppress-idinfo</option></entry>
+ <entry>Suppress extended information about identifiers where they are bound</entry>
<entry>static</entry>
<entry>-</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><option>-dsuppress-module-prefixes</option></entry>
- <entry>Suppress the printing of module qualification prefixes in Core dumps to make them easier to read.</entry>
+ <entry>Suppress the printing of module qualification prefixes</entry>
<entry>static</entry>
<entry>-</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry><option>-dppr-noprags</option></entry>
- <entry>Don't output pragma info in dumps</entry>
+ <entry><option>-dsuppress-type-signatures</option></entry>
+ <entry>Suppress type signatures</entry>
<entry>static</entry>
<entry>-</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry><option>-dppr-user-length</option></entry>
- <entry>Set the depth for printing expressions in error msgs</entry>
+ <entry><option>-dsuppress-type-applications</option></entry>
+ <entry>Suppress type applications</entry>
+ <entry>static</entry>
+ <entry>-</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><option>-dsuppress-coercions</option></entry>
+ <entry>Suppress the printing of coercions in Core dumps to make them shorter</entry>
<entry>static</entry>
<entry>-</entry>
</row>
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/shared_libs.xml b/docs/users_guide/shared_libs.xml
index def773c0a8..89b656a49f 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/shared_libs.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/shared_libs.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
shared between several programs. In contrast, with static linking the
code is copied into each program. Using shared libraries can thus save
disk space. They also allow a single copy of code to be shared in memory
- between several programs that use it. Shared libraires are often used as
+ between several programs that use it. Shared libraries are often used as
a way of structuring large projects, especially where different parts are
written in different programming languages. Shared libraries are also
commonly used as a plugin mechanism by various applications. This is