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    [project @ 2002-01-02 12:32:18 by simonmar] · 2c71b5db
    Simon Marlow authored
    - Implement a small GC optimisation: when a static constructor has
      been determined to have no (indirect) CAF references, we set its
      static link field to a non-zero value (currently 1).  This prevents
      the garbage collector from traversing this closure and transitively
      everything it points to, and thus should speed up GC a little.
    
    - Omit the static link field from static constructors which have no
      pointer fields (i.e. they are CONSTR_NOCAF_STATIC).
    
    - Add the padding words and the static link field for a static
      constructor at (AbsC) code generation time, rather than in the back
      ends.  This eliminates some duplication between PprAbsC and
      AbsCStixGen.
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