#5539: GHC panic - Simplifier ticks exhausted ---------------------------------------+---------------------------------- Reporter: hvr | Owner: simonpj Type: bug | Status: new Priority: high | Milestone: 7.6.2 Component: Compiler | Version: 7.3 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Linux | Architecture: x86_64 (amd64) Type of failure: Compile-time crash | Difficulty: Unknown Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: ---------------------------------------+---------------------------------- Comment (by ghorn): sorry for the spam, I found a smaller example: {{{ {-# OPTIONS_GHC -Wall #-} module Main ( main ) where import Foreign.Ptr ( Ptr ) import Foreign.Marshal ( malloc ) main :: IO () main = do _ <- malloc :: IO (Ptr Int) _ <- malloc :: IO (Ptr Int) _ <- malloc :: IO (Ptr Int) _ <- malloc :: IO (Ptr Int) _ <- malloc :: IO (Ptr Int) _ <- malloc :: IO (Ptr Int) _ <- malloc :: IO (Ptr Int) _ <- malloc :: IO (Ptr Int) _ <- malloc :: IO (Ptr Int) return () }}} -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5539#comment:53 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler