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diff --git a/docs/users_guide/using.xml b/docs/users_guide/using.xml index 8d8211eb5a..1c3e20c041 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/using.xml +++ b/docs/users_guide/using.xml @@ -2967,44 +2967,6 @@ data D = D !C </sect1> &runtime; - -<sect1 id="ext-core"> - <title>Generating and compiling External Core Files</title> - - <indexterm><primary>intermediate code generation</primary></indexterm> - - <para>GHC can dump its optimized intermediate code (said to be in “Core” format) - to a file as a side-effect of compilation. Non-GHC back-end tools can read and process Core files; these files have the suffix - <filename>.hcr</filename>. The Core format is described in <ulink url="../../core.pdf"> - <citetitle>An External Representation for the GHC Core Language</citetitle></ulink>, - and sample tools - for manipulating Core files (in Haskell) are available in the - <ulink url="http://hackage.haskell.org/package/extcore">extcore package on Hackage</ulink>. Note that the format of <literal>.hcr</literal> - files is <emphasis>different</emphasis> from the Core output format that GHC generates - for debugging purposes (<xref linkend="options-debugging"/>), though the two formats appear somewhat similar.</para> - - <para>The Core format natively supports notes which you can add to - your source code using the <literal>CORE</literal> pragma (see <xref - linkend="pragmas"/>).</para> - - <variablelist> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - <option>-fext-core</option> - <indexterm><primary><option>-fext-core</option></primary></indexterm> - </term> - <listitem> - <para>Generate <literal>.hcr</literal> files.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - </variablelist> - -<para>Currently (as of version 6.8.2), GHC does not have the ability to read in External Core files as source. If you would like GHC to have this ability, please <ulink url="http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/MailingListsAndIRC">make your wishes known to the GHC Team</ulink>.</para> - -</sect1> - &debug; &flags; |