Re: Resource limits for Haskell

"Edward Z. Yang" writes:

Ever wanted to write this?

-- | Forks a thread, but kills it if it has more than 'limit' -- bytes resident on the heap. forkIOWithSpaceLimit :: IO () -> {- limit -} Int -> IO ThreadId

I have a proposal (and some unpublished experimental patches) which do just that. Check it out at: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Commentary/ResourceLimits

Comments, bikeshedding and critique appreciated.

...here's just a link to a previous related short discussion for completeness: http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/glasgow-haskell-users/2012-April/022258.htm... cheers, hvr