16 Apr
2009
16 Apr
'09
8:06 a.m.
On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 07:11 -0400, Daniel Peebles wrote:
I vaguely remember someone (maybe Duncan Coutts?) saying that this was a commonly held misconception, and that GHC did indeed GC CAFs when optimization is enabled. If I am remembering incorrectly, does anyone have a reference to a ticket outlining this non-GC'ed CAF behavior?
It was Simon Marlow. I quote: "FUD! CAFs are definitely garbage collected" http://haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2009-February/055525.html Duncan