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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/codeGen/StgCmmPrim.hs b/compiler/codeGen/StgCmmPrim.hs
index a6e13086aa..266ab3a0f6 100644
--- a/compiler/codeGen/StgCmmPrim.hs
+++ b/compiler/codeGen/StgCmmPrim.hs
@@ -352,14 +352,6 @@ emitPrimOp dflags [res] ByteArrayContents_Char [arg]
emitPrimOp dflags [res] StableNameToIntOp [arg]
= emitAssign (CmmLocal res) (cmmLoadIndexW dflags arg (fixedHdrSizeW dflags) (bWord dflags))
--- #define eqStableNamezh(r,sn1,sn2) \
--- (r = (((StgStableName *)sn1)->sn == ((StgStableName *)sn2)->sn))
-emitPrimOp dflags [res] EqStableNameOp [arg1,arg2]
- = emitAssign (CmmLocal res) (CmmMachOp (mo_wordEq dflags) [
- cmmLoadIndexW dflags arg1 (fixedHdrSizeW dflags) (bWord dflags),
- cmmLoadIndexW dflags arg2 (fixedHdrSizeW dflags) (bWord dflags)
- ])
-
emitPrimOp dflags [res] ReallyUnsafePtrEqualityOp [arg1,arg2]
= emitAssign (CmmLocal res) (CmmMachOp (mo_wordEq dflags) [arg1,arg2])
@@ -1405,9 +1397,22 @@ translateOp dflags SameMutableArrayArrayOp= Just (mo_wordEq dflags)
translateOp dflags SameSmallMutableArrayOp= Just (mo_wordEq dflags)
translateOp dflags SameTVarOp = Just (mo_wordEq dflags)
translateOp dflags EqStablePtrOp = Just (mo_wordEq dflags)
+-- See Note [Comparing stable names]
+translateOp dflags EqStableNameOp = Just (mo_wordEq dflags)
translateOp _ _ = Nothing
+-- Note [Comparing stable names]
+-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+--
+-- A StableName# is actually a pointer to a stable name object (SNO)
+-- containing an index into the stable name table (SNT). We
+-- used to compare StableName#s by following the pointers to the
+-- SNOs and checking whether they held the same SNT indices. However,
+-- this is not necessary: there is a one-to-one correspondence
+-- between SNOs and entries in the SNT, so simple pointer equality
+-- does the trick.
+
-- These primops are implemented by CallishMachOps, because they sometimes
-- turn into foreign calls depending on the backend.