#8833: GHC (compilation mode) crashes -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.8.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 7.8.1-rc2 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: x86_64 (amd64) Type of failure: Compile-time | Difficulty: Moderate (less crash | than a day) Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by thoughtpolice): (Apparently I forgot to post my comment on this one. Urgh.) After talking with Simon, we don't think this is a bug. This program probably won't compile on ''any'' GHC version (and Simon verified it on 7.4) as well - this is a variant of a known problem I believe, where you can trick the inliner into looping by encoding recursion into a data type: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/7.8.1-rc2/html/users_guide/bugs.html#bugs- ghc It will of course work in GHCi - but that's because it doesn't use the inliner. Unless I'm missing something here, I believe this is a WONTFIX. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8833#comment:2 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler