On 11/27/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Lennart Augustsson</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:lennart@augustsson.net">lennart@augustsson.net</a>&gt; wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
GHC doesn't normally do CSE.&nbsp;&nbsp;CSE can cause space leaks, so you can't<br>do it willy-nilly.<br>I'm sure there are some strict contexts where it could be done<br>safely, but I don't think ghc uses that information (yet).<br>
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-- Lennart<br><br></blockquote></div><br><br>My apologies in advance for asking possibly stupid questions, but I don't understand this.<br><br>How exactly can CSE cause space leaks, and what does this have to do with strictness?
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<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Dinko<br><br>