Re: [Haskell-cafe] Reporting a problem with binary-0.5

Pete Chown <1@234.cx> writes:

This code attempts to create an infinite list of random numbers -- a technique also used by network-dns. It turns out that this code works with binary-0.4.4 but not with binary-0.5.0.2.

There was a deliberate change in strictness in 0.5 making binary strict, which apparently speeds up GHC. I ran into the same problem, but have no better workaround than to require binary < 0.5 in my .cabal. -k (I made a note about this at http://blog.malde.org/index.php/2010/05/22/snagged/) -- If I haven't seen further, it is by standing in the footprints of giants