#8308: Resurrect ticky code for counting constructor arity ------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Reporter: jstolarek | Owner: Type: task | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.2.1 Component: Profiling | Version: 7.7 Resolution: | Keywords: newcomer Operating System: Windows | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: Other | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Phab:D931 Wiki Page: | ------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Changes (by thomie): * cc: Phyx- (added) * os: Unknown/Multiple => Windows Comment: On Windows, `T8308` fails with: {{{ Actual stdout output differs from expected: ... -1 +0 *** unexpected failure for T8308(normal) }}} After running `make test TEST=T8308 CLEANUP=0`, the `.ticky` file contains this fishy looking histogram (note the `4294967296` entry): {{{ The following table is explained by http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Debugging/TickyTicky All allocation numbers are in bytes. ************************************************** Entries Alloc Alloc'd Non-void Arguments STG Name -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 16 0 1 I f{v rpA} (main@main:Main) (fun) ************************************************** ... 0 RET_UNBOXED_TUP_ctr 4294967296 RET_NEW_hst_0 0 RET_NEW_hst_1 ... }}} @mlen: any idea? Perhaps a known issue with ticky on Windows? -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8308#comment:15 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler