On second thoughts, alloc_limit needs to be signed.

>     * This is an integer, because we might update it in a place where

>     * it isn't convenient to raise the exception, so we want it to

>     * stay negative until we get around to checking it.

This only leaves 2^31 bytes = 2GB.

I suppose the problem is more complex than I thought.

On 4 May 2014 17:50, William Kenyon <ghc@abacathoo.org> wrote:

According to google,

2^32 bytes = 4GB,

I think that is more memory than a 32 bit machine can handle anyway?

Maybe alloc_limit should be 32 bits on a 32 bit machine, and 64 bit on a 64 bit machine?

On 4 May 2014 16:06, Johan Tibell <johan.tibell@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 5:45 PM, Sergei Trofimovich <slyich@gmail.com> wrote:
Does it make sense to have 64-bit alloc_limit on 32-bit box?

I think so. You allocate 2^32 bytes pretty quickly.

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