RE: problem with -caf-all

> I'm trying to use the -caf-all flag with ghc-6.02, in 
> conjunction with -O
> (which means going via C...)
> 
> But in a few modules of a large program, the .hc files 
> contain duplicate
> definitions of "MODsat_CAF_cc_ccs" (where MOD = a particular module)
> 
> I can't see an obvious pattern to the number of duplications. All the
> affected modules use MPCs heavily. It doesn't look like the 
> duplications
> are 1-1 with the instance decls. It only happens on a few modules out
> of many which also use classes heavily.
> 
> NB I hand-patched the .hc files by hand, and in the results, 
> not much of
> the dictionary/caf info showed up! Should -auto-dicts work?

This stuff hasn't received any attention in a while, and I suspect that
you're the first person to try to use these options in a long time,
which might explain why things are a bit flaky.  Anyway, thanks for the
heads up, I'll try to look into it - I'm currently hacking in the area
of profiling in the compiler as it happens.

Cheers,
        Simon