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    3 = The Evil Mangler = 
     3= HC files and the Evil Mangler = 
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     6GHC uses {{{gcc}}} as a code generator, in a very stylised way: 
     7 * Generate {{{Foo.hc}}} 
     8 * Compile it with {{{gcc}}}, using {{{register}}} declarations to nail a bunch of things into registers (e.g. the allocation pointer) 
     9 * Post-process the generated assembler code with the Evil Mangler 
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    511The Evil Mangler (EM) is a Perl script invoked by GHC after the C compiler (gcc) has translated the GHC-produced C code into assembly. Consequently, it is only of interest if {{{-fvia-C}}} is in effect (either explicitly or implicitly).  
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     13== What the Evil Mangler does == 
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    715The EM reads the assembly produced by gcc and re-arranges code blocks as well as nukes instructions that it considers non-essential. It derives it evilness from its utterly ad hoc, machine, compiler, and whatnot dependent design and implementation. More precisely, the EM performs the following tasks: