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diff --git a/ghc/docs/users_guide/debugging.vsgml b/ghc/docs/users_guide/debugging.vsgml index cdf951c9cc..78842c7f57 100644 --- a/ghc/docs/users_guide/debugging.vsgml +++ b/ghc/docs/users_guide/debugging.vsgml @@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ need a short form...). Some of the most useful ones are: @-ddump-ds@ | desugarer output @@ @-ddump-simpl@ | simplifer output (Core-to-Core passes) @@ @-ddump-stranal@ | strictness analyser output @@ +@-ddump-usagesp@ | UsageSP inference pre-inf and output @@ @-ddump-occur-anal@ | `occurrence analysis' output @@ @-ddump-spec@ | dump specialisation info @@ @-ddump-stg@ | output of STG-to-STG passes @@ @@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ need a short form...). Some of the most useful ones are: <nidx>-ddump-deriv option</nidx>% <nidx>-ddump-ds option</nidx>% <nidx>-ddump-simpl option</nidx>% +<nidx>-ddump-usagesp option</nidx>% <nidx>-ddump-stranal option</nidx>% <nidx>-ddump-occur-anal option</nidx>% <nidx>-ddump-spec option</nidx>% @@ -191,6 +193,32 @@ Have the renamer report what imports does not contribute. %-ddump-asm-globals-info %---------------------------------------------------------------------- +<sect2>Checking for consistency +<label id="checking-consistency"> +<p> +<nidx>consistency checks</nidx> +<nidx>lint</nidx> + +<descrip> +<tag>@-dcore-lint@:</tag> +<nidx>-dcore-lint option</nidx> +Turn on heavyweight intra-pass sanity-checking within GHC, at Core +level. (It checks GHC's sanity, not yours.) + +<tag>@-dstg-lint@:</tag> +<nidx>-dstg-lint option</nidx> +Ditto for STG level. + +<tag>@-dusagesp-lint@:</tag> +<nidx>-dstg-lint option</nidx> +Turn on checks around UsageSP inference (@-fusagesp@). This verifies +various simple properties of the results of the inference, and also +warns if any identifier with a used-once annotation before the +inference has a used-many annotation afterwards; this could indicate a +non-worksafe transformation is being applied. +</descrip> + +%---------------------------------------------------------------------- <sect2>How to read Core syntax (from some @-ddump-*@ flags) <p> <nidx>reading Core syntax</nidx> |