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Commit 15ffe2b0 authored by Sebastian Graf's avatar Sebastian Graf
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Assume at least one evaluation for nested SubDemands (#21081, #21133)

See the new `Note [SubDemand denotes at least one evaluation]`.

A demand `n :* sd` on a let binder `x=e` now means

> "`x` was evaluated `n` times and in any program trace it is evaluated, `e` is
>  evaluated deeply in sub-demand `sd`."

The "any time it is evaluated" premise is what this patch adds. As a result,
we get better nested strictness. For example (T21081)
```hs
f :: (Bool, Bool) -> (Bool, Bool)
f pr = (case pr of (a,b) -> a /= b, True)
-- before: <MP(L,L)>
-- after:  <MP(SL,SL)>

g :: Int -> (Bool, Bool)
g x = let y = let z = odd x in (z,z) in f y
```
The change in demand signature "before" to "after" allows us to case-bind `z`
here.

Similarly good things happen for the `sd` in call sub-demands `Cn(sd)`, which
allows for more eta-reduction (which is only sound with `-fno-pedantic-bottoms`,
albeit).

We also fix #21085, a surprising inconsistency with `Poly` to `Call` sub-demand
expansion.

In an attempt to fix a regression caused by less inlining due to eta-reduction
in T15426, I eta-expanded the definition of `elemIndex` and `elemIndices`, thus
fixing #21345 on the go.

The main point of this patch is that it fixes #21081 and #21133.

Annoyingly, I discovered that more precise demand signatures for join points can
transform a program into a lazier program if that join point gets floated to the
top-level, see #21392. There is no simple fix at the moment, but !5349 might.
Thus, we accept a ~5% regression in `MultiLayerModulesTH_OneShot`, where #21392
bites us in `addListToUniqDSet`. T21392 reliably reproduces the issue.

Surprisingly, ghc/alloc perf on Windows improves much more than on other jobs, by
0.4% in the geometric mean and by 2% in T16875.

Metric Increase:
    MultiLayerModulesTH_OneShot
Metric Decrease:
    T16875
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