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| author | John MacFarlane <jgm@berkeley.edu> | 2018-04-23 12:02:59 -0700 |
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| committer | John MacFarlane <jgm@berkeley.edu> | 2018-04-23 12:02:59 -0700 |
| commit | 6acec6bf34b19821da7a4605586d0c1a5f340454 (patch) | |
| tree | 21e464f32f479a1adb74847d7bbcd64a8d21fc9a /CONTRIBUTING.md | |
| parent | 51cbaeeffe8f016b6d86ee575a77d8f52fe7cedd (diff) | |
| download | pandoc-6acec6bf34b19821da7a4605586d0c1a5f340454.tar.gz | |
CONTRIBUTING.md: added note about --trace.
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 1145dd835..11a0c9c94 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -205,6 +205,10 @@ placed in the source directory): Profiling --------- +To diagnose a performance issue with parsing, first try using +the `--trace` option. This will give you a record of when block +parsers succeed, so you can spot backtracking issues. + To use the GHC profiler with cabal: cabal clean |