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diff --git a/docs/users_guide/sooner.xml b/docs/users_guide/sooner.xml index c6445b9455..ad798aca32 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/sooner.xml +++ b/docs/users_guide/sooner.xml @@ -292,14 +292,11 @@ f (Wibble x y) # ugly, and proud of it <para>Look for your function in the interface file, then for the third field in the pragma; it should say - <literal>__S <string></literal>. The + <literal>Strictness: <string></literal>. The <literal><string></literal> gives the strictness of - the function's arguments. <function>L</function> is lazy - (bad), <function>S</function> and <function>E</function> are - strict (good), <function>P</function> is - “primitive” (good), <function>U(...)</function> - is strict and “unpackable” (very good), and - <function>A</function> is absent (very good).</para> + the function's arguments: see <ulink url="http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Commentary/Compiler/Demand"> + the GHC Commentary</ulink> for a description of the stricntess notation. + </para> <para>For an “unpackable” <function>U(...)</function> argument, the info inside tells |