14 Dec
2010
14 Dec
'10
4:37 p.m.
Hi Peter
I beg your pardon? I didn't say anything about "32M". I said that designing software to rely on a GHC-enforced memory limit as a means of "dealing" with infinite loops feels really not like a particularly good solution.
As I understand the discussion, it's not about infinite loops. John's code seemed to be about calculating more realistic memory limits so GHC will start collecting garbage more aggressively, rather than growing unnecessarily past the point where swapping begins. That seems to be generally a good idea, even if it would also make it a bit less annoying to kill programs in infinite loops. Brandon.