#8703: Use guard pages rather than heap checks -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: schyler | Owner: simonmar Type: feature request | Status: closed Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Runtime System | Version: Resolution: wontfix | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by simonmar): For local minor collections, see http://simonmar.github.io/bib/papers /local-gc.pdf We didn't merge this work into the released GHC branch because the implementation was incredibly complicated and the gains were relatively small and inconsistent. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8703#comment:8 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler