Note [Join points]
We check the rules listed in Note [Invariants on join points] in GHC.Core. The only one that causes any difficulty is the first: All occurrences must be tail calls. To this end, along with the in-scope set, we remember in le_joins the subset of in-scope Ids that are valid join ids. For example: join j x = ... in case e of A -> jump j y -- good B -> case (jump j z) of -- BAD C -> join h = jump j w in ... -- good D -> let x = jump j v in ... -- BAD A join point remains valid in case branches, so when checking the A branch, j is still valid. When we check the scrutinee of the inner case, however, we set le_joins to empty, and catch the error. Similarly, join points can occur free in RHSes of other join points but not the RHSes of value bindings (thunks and functions).
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- Invariants on join points GHC.Core
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- GHC.Core.Lint call site