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@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ Dumping out compiler intermediate structures
:type: dynamic
Show allocation and runtime statistics for various stages of compilation.
+ Allocations are measured in bytes. Timings are measured in milliseconds.
GHC is a large program consisting of a number of stages. You can tell GHC to
dump information from various stages of compilation using the ``-ddump-⟨pass⟩``