#9207: Detect obvious cases of infinite recursion. ------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Reporter: mrugiero | Owner: Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.8.2 Resolution: | Keywords: infinite recursion Operating System: | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Unknown/Multiple | Difficulty: Unknown Type of failure: None/Unknown | Blocked By: Test Case: | Related Tickets: Blocking: | ------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Comment (by j80JjBjVNRMajmA): In a lazy language, writing and using infinite recursions is a feature! There is no way, unintentional infinite recursion could be captured by the compiler. Take a look at the perfectly good and useful function `repeat`: {{{ repeat :: a -> [a] repeat x = x : repeat x }}} -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9207#comment:1 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler