ghc-specter: a GHC plugin that inspects the GHC state on live
ghc-specter is an inspecting tool and visualizer of internal states of the GHC compilation pipeline via GHC plugins and hooks. Haskell developers often need investigation in the middle of the compilation, for example, to identify blocking compilation steps dominating the build time or to investigate a problematic Template Haskell code, but have to rely only on built-in GHC logging or resort to a custom modification of the GHC source code. As a GHC driver plugin, invoked by simple command-line flags, ghc-specter collects the relevant information directly inside from the GHC compilation and send to a visualizer daemon on live. The user can also pause and intervene the GHC process in the middle of compilation to inspect the GHC internal state and inspect the the compilation process in an interactive session.
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16:00 30mTalk | Severing ties: the need for non-updateable thunks HIW Edsko de Vries Well-Typed LLP | ||
16:30 30mTalk | ghc-specter: a GHC plugin that inspects the GHC state on live HIW Ian-Woo Kim Mercury Technologies, Inc | ||
17:00 15mTalk | Execution domains in GHC/Haskell (Lightning Talk) HIW Ben Gamari Well-Typed LLP | ||
17:15 15mTalk | Kudzu (Lightning Talk) HIW |