#8199: Get rid of HEAP_ALLOCED -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: ezyang | Owner: ezyang Type: feature | Status: new request | Milestone: 7.10.1 Priority: normal | Version: 7.7 Component: Compiler | Keywords: Resolution: | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Operating System: | Difficulty: Project (more Unknown/Multiple | than a week) Type of failure: | Blocked By: 5435 None/Unknown | Related Tickets: Test Case: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: D207 | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by ezyang): So, here's the status: I rebased the patches onto HEAD, and took a close look at the oscillating results. As it turns out, at least for cryptarithm, the nofib test had bimodal output behavior, so depending on your luck, you'd end up with even changes, or an improvement or a regression. (I think this may be what's happening for the inconsistent GC results; more investigation necessary.) The increase in total memory for cryptarithm1 and circsim stems from the fact that the binaries don't use much memory to begin with, so the allocation of static closures is causing us to allocate a new megablock and, e.g., doubling it in the case cryptarithm. The startup time for GHC is still 0.020, so same as before. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8199#comment:37 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler