Re: [Haskell-cafe] RE: simple function: stack overflow in hugs vs nonein ghc

return (repeat 'a') >>= \ x -> print $ span (const True) x

with hugs you will get a stack error, in ghc it executes in constant space, i.e. indefinitely. In essenece the above example does exactly the same as my ealier code.

this thread might be relevant: http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/hugs-bugs/2007-June/001815.html http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/hugs-bugs/2007-June/001816.html http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/hugs-bugs/2007-June/001817.html claus