Re: [Haskell-cafe] Strange space leak

4 Nov 2016


      On Fri, Nov 04, 2016 at 02:44:00PM +0000, Tom Ellis wrote:
...
Can anyone explain why this leaks space:
main :: IO ()
    main = let loop () = return () *> loop ()
           in loop ()
whilst this doesn't:
main :: IO ()
    main = let loop = return () *> loop
           in loop
More strangely, the space leak only appears in ghci (and runhaskell).  When
compiled there is no such space leak.

Tom