#7980: runghc dies silently when given large numbers of arguments. Compiled code does not. ------------------------------------------------+-------------------------- Reporter: totherme | Owner: Type: bug | Status: closed Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.6.2 Resolution: fixed | Keywords: Operating System: Linux | Architecture: x86_64 Type of failure: Incorrect result at runtime | (amd64) Test Case: | Difficulty: Blocking: | Unknown | Blocked By: | Related Tickets: ------------------------------------------------+-------------------------- Changes (by rwbarton): * status: new => closed * resolution: => fixed Comment: I'm going to mark this as fixed since `runghc` no longer dies silently when given too many arguments. It's a little annoying that because `runghc` packs its argument list into a single argument to `ghc`, the effective maximum argument list size for `runghc` is quite a lot smaller than it would be for the compiled program, because of the two different limits in Linux. But I'm going to chalk that up to an oddity of Linux; there would always be *some* difference in maximum argument list size. If this really bothers someone, they can open a new ticket. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7980#comment:4 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler