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@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ the :ghc-flag:`-threaded` option (see :ref:`options-linker`). Additionally, the
following compiler options affect parallelism:
.. ghc-flag:: -feager-blackholing
+ :shortdesc: Turn on :ref:`eager blackholing <parallel-compile-options>`
+ :type: dynamic
+ :category:
+ :noindex:
Blackholing is the act of marking a thunk (lazy computation) as
being under evaluation. It is useful for three reasons: firstly it