Note [Join points and beta-redexes]
Originally, the worker would invoke the original function by calling it with arguments, thus producing a beta-redex for the simplifier to munch away: \x y z -> e => (\x y z -> e) wx wy wz Now that we have special rules about join points, however, this is Not Good if the original function is itself a join point, as then it may contain invocations of other join points: join j1 x = ... join j2 y = if y == 0 then 0 else j1 y => join j1 x = ... join $wj2 y# = let wy = I# y# in (\y -> if y == 0 then 0 else jump j1 y) wy join j2 y = case y of I# y# -> jump $wj2 y# There can't be an intervening lambda between a join point's declaration and its occurrences, so $wj2 here is wrong. But of course, this is easy enough to fix: ... let join $wj2 y# = let wy = I# y# in let y = wy in if y == 0 then 0 else j1 y ... Hence we simply do the beta-reduction here. (This would be harder if we had to worry about hygiene, but luckily wy is freshly generated.)
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