#8189: Default to infinite stack size? -------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Reporter: nh2 | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.6.3 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: Runtime crash | Difficulty: Unknown Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Comment (by simonpj): I think that's a very reasonable position. It seems odd that you can have a very big list with no problem but not a very big stack. The only point I'd make is that if we make the stack infinite by default, and there's a stack overflow, the error message should say "Stack overflow on a stack of size 300Mbytes", not simply "Heap exhausted". Simon -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8189#comment:2 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler