#16089: seq is not cooperating with :sprint in GHCi as expected -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: radrow | Owner: (none) Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: GHCi | Version: 8.6.3 Resolution: | Keywords: seq sprint | strictness Operating System: Linux | Architecture: Type of failure: Incorrect result | Unknown/Multiple at runtime | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by simonpj): All very curious. The GHCi debugger, which is responsible for `:sprint` and friends, needs a love and attention, if anyone feels able to offer it. Its's tricky stuff, because it uses special primitives to interrogate the heap and decomposes heap objects, which never usually happens in Haskell. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/16089#comment:7 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler