#11318: Data.Text.length allocates one closure per character -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: bgamari | Owner: Type: bug | Status: closed Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.10.3 Resolution: invalid | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Type of failure: Runtime | Unknown/Multiple performance bug | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: #11284 | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Changes (by bgamari): * status: new => closed * resolution: => invalid Comment: The premise of this ticket is totally wrong: we aren't allocating one closure per character, we are allocating one closure per call. This is totally reasonable. Apologies for the noise. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/11318#comment:1 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler