#1791: heap overflow should generate an exception -------------------------------+-------------------------------------------- Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: _|_ Component: Runtime System | Version: 6.8 Resolution: | Keywords: Os: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Failure: None/Unknown | Difficulty: Unknown Testcase: outofmem2 | Blockedby: Blocking: | Related: -------------------------------+-------------------------------------------- Changes (by morabbin): * failure: => None/Unknown Comment: `HeapOverflow` is defined in `Control.Exception.Base`, and noted as not being thrown by GHC currently. Seems like a stable point to leave this issue. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1791#comment:11 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler