    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    --
    -- Argument representations used in StgCmmLayout.
    --
    -- (c) The University of Glasgow 2013
    --
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    module StgCmmArgRep (
            ArgRep(..), toArgRep, argRepSizeW,

            argRepString, isNonV, idArgRep,

            slowCallPattern,

            ) where

    import StgCmmClosure    ( idPrimRep )

    import SMRep            ( WordOff )
    import Id               ( Id )
    import TyCon            ( PrimRep(..), primElemRepSizeB )
    import BasicTypes       ( RepArity )
    import Constants        ( wORD64_SIZE )
    import DynFlags

    import Outputable
    import FastString

    -- I extricated this code as this new module in order to avoid a
    -- cyclic dependency between StgCmmLayout and StgCmmTicky.
    --
    -- NSF 18 Feb 2013

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    --      Classifying arguments: ArgRep
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    -- ArgRep is re-exported by StgCmmLayout, but only for use in the
    -- byte-code generator which also needs to know about the
    -- classification of arguments.

    data ArgRep = P   -- GC Ptr
                | N   -- Word-sized non-ptr
                | L   -- 64-bit non-ptr (long)
                | V   -- Void
                | F   -- Float
                | D   -- Double
                | V16 -- 16-byte (128-bit) vectors of Float/Double/Int8/Word32/etc.
                | V32 -- 32-byte (256-bit) vectors of Float/Double/Int8/Word32/etc.
                | V64 -- 64-byte (512-bit) vectors of Float/Double/Int8/Word32/etc.
    instance Outputable ArgRep where ppr = text . argRepString

    argRepString :: ArgRep -> String
    argRepString P = "P"
    argRepString N = "N"
    argRepString L = "L"
    argRepString V = "V"
    argRepString F = "F"
    argRepString D = "D"
    argRepString V16 = "V16"
    argRepString V32 = "V32"
    argRepString V64 = "V64"

    toArgRep :: PrimRep -> ArgRep
    toArgRep VoidRep           = V
    toArgRep PtrRep            = P
    toArgRep IntRep            = N
    toArgRep WordRep           = N
    toArgRep AddrRep           = N
    toArgRep Int64Rep          = L
    toArgRep Word64Rep         = L
    toArgRep FloatRep          = F
    toArgRep DoubleRep         = D
    toArgRep (VecRep len elem) = case len*primElemRepSizeB elem of
                                   16 -> V16
                                   32 -> V32
                                   64 -> V64
                                   _  -> error "toArgRep: bad vector primrep"

    isNonV :: ArgRep -> Bool
    isNonV V = False
    isNonV _ = True

    argRepSizeW :: DynFlags -> ArgRep -> WordOff                -- Size in words
    argRepSizeW _      N   = 1
    argRepSizeW _      P   = 1
    argRepSizeW _      F   = 1
    argRepSizeW dflags L   = wORD64_SIZE        `quot` wORD_SIZE dflags
    argRepSizeW dflags D   = dOUBLE_SIZE dflags `quot` wORD_SIZE dflags
    argRepSizeW _      V   = 0
    argRepSizeW dflags V16 = 16                 `quot` wORD_SIZE dflags
    argRepSizeW dflags V32 = 32                 `quot` wORD_SIZE dflags
    argRepSizeW dflags V64 = 64                 `quot` wORD_SIZE dflags

    idArgRep :: Id -> ArgRep
    idArgRep = toArgRep . idPrimRep

    -- This list of argument patterns should be kept in sync with at least
    -- the following:
    --
    --  * StgCmmLayout.stdPattern maybe to some degree?
    --
    --  * the RTS_RET(stg_ap_*) and RTS_FUN_DECL(stg_ap_*_fast)
    --  declarations in includes/stg/MiscClosures.h
    --
    --  * the SLOW_CALL_*_ctr declarations in includes/stg/Ticky.h,
    --
    --  * the TICK_SLOW_CALL_*() #defines in includes/Cmm.h,
    --
    --  * the PR_CTR(SLOW_CALL_*_ctr) calls in rts/Ticky.c,
    --
    --  * and the SymI_HasProto(stg_ap_*_{ret,info,fast}) calls and
    --  SymI_HasProto(SLOW_CALL_*_ctr) calls in rts/Linker.c
    --
    -- There may be more places that I haven't found; I merely igrep'd for
    -- pppppp and excluded things that seemed ghci-specific.
    --
    -- Also, it seems at the moment that ticky counters with void
    -- arguments will never be bumped, but I'm still declaring those
    -- counters, defensively.
    --
    -- NSF 6 Mar 2013

    slowCallPattern :: [ArgRep] -> (FastString, RepArity)
    -- Returns the generic apply function and arity
    --
    -- The first batch of cases match (some) specialised entries
    -- The last group deals exhaustively with the cases for the first argument
    --   (and the zero-argument case)
    --
    -- In 99% of cases this function will match *all* the arguments in one batch

    slowCallPattern (P: P: P: P: P: P: _) = (fsLit "stg_ap_pppppp", 6)
    slowCallPattern (P: P: P: P: P: _)    = (fsLit "stg_ap_ppppp", 5)
    slowCallPattern (P: P: P: P: _)       = (fsLit "stg_ap_pppp", 4)
    slowCallPattern (P: P: P: V: _)       = (fsLit "stg_ap_pppv", 4)
    slowCallPattern (P: P: P: _)          = (fsLit "stg_ap_ppp", 3)
    slowCallPattern (P: P: V: _)          = (fsLit "stg_ap_ppv", 3)
    slowCallPattern (P: P: _)             = (fsLit "stg_ap_pp", 2)
    slowCallPattern (P: V: _)             = (fsLit "stg_ap_pv", 2)
    slowCallPattern (P: _)                = (fsLit "stg_ap_p", 1)
    slowCallPattern (V: _)                = (fsLit "stg_ap_v", 1)
    slowCallPattern (N: _)                = (fsLit "stg_ap_n", 1)
    slowCallPattern (F: _)                = (fsLit "stg_ap_f", 1)
    slowCallPattern (D: _)                = (fsLit "stg_ap_d", 1)
    slowCallPattern (L: _)                = (fsLit "stg_ap_l", 1)
    slowCallPattern (V16: _)              = (fsLit "stg_ap_v16", 1)
    slowCallPattern (V32: _)              = (fsLit "stg_ap_v32", 1)
    slowCallPattern (V64: _)              = (fsLit "stg_ap_v64", 1)
    slowCallPattern []                    = (fsLit "stg_ap_0", 0)