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Diffstat (limited to 'compiler/GHC/Types/Var.hs')
| -rw-r--r-- | compiler/GHC/Types/Var.hs | 2 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/GHC/Types/Var.hs b/compiler/GHC/Types/Var.hs index be2c677799..492732646e 100644 --- a/compiler/GHC/Types/Var.hs +++ b/compiler/GHC/Types/Var.hs @@ -296,12 +296,14 @@ A GlobalId is * imported, or data constructor, or primop, or record selector * has a Unique that is globally unique across the whole GHC invocation (a single invocation may compile multiple modules) + * usually has an External Name -- the exception is FCallIds * never treated as a candidate by the free-variable finder; it's a constant! A LocalId is * bound within an expression (lambda, case, local let(rec)) * or defined at top level in the module being compiled + * may have an Internal or External Name * always treated as a candidate by the free-variable finder After CoreTidy, top-level LocalIds are turned into GlobalIds |