summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/ghc/compiler/codeGen
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'ghc/compiler/codeGen')
-rw-r--r--ghc/compiler/codeGen/CgExpr.lhs10
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ghc/compiler/codeGen/CgExpr.lhs b/ghc/compiler/codeGen/CgExpr.lhs
index e76289892a..0fca2d3e57 100644
--- a/ghc/compiler/codeGen/CgExpr.lhs
+++ b/ghc/compiler/codeGen/CgExpr.lhs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
%
% (c) The GRASP/AQUA Project, Glasgow University, 1992-1998
%
-% $Id: CgExpr.lhs,v 1.29 1999/06/28 16:29:45 simonpj Exp $
+% $Id: CgExpr.lhs,v 1.30 1999/10/25 13:21:16 sof Exp $
%
%********************************************************
%* *
@@ -139,6 +139,14 @@ cgExpr (StgCon (PrimOp TagToEnumOp) [arg] res_ty)
(\ sequel -> mkDynamicAlgReturnCode tycon dyn_tag sequel)
where
dyn_tag = CTemp (mkBuiltinUnique 0) IntRep
+ --
+ -- if you're reading this code in the attempt to figure
+ -- out why the compiler panic'ed here, it is probably because
+ -- you used tagToEnum# in a non-monomorphic setting, e.g.,
+ -- intToTg :: Enum a => Int -> a ; intToTg (I# x#) = tagToEnum# x#
+ --
+ -- That won't work.
+ --
(Just (tycon,_)) = splitTyConApp_maybe res_ty