[commit: ghc] master: users_guide: Document zero stack size limit (bcc337a)

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Link       : http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/bcc337aa80a44cc8e5c7e499187c91f6b4cc3f04/ghc

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commit bcc337aa80a44cc8e5c7e499187c91f6b4cc3f04
Author: Ben Gamari <bgamari.foss at gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Oct 22 10:45:38 2013 -0400

    users_guide: Document zero stack size limit


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bcc337aa80a44cc8e5c7e499187c91f6b4cc3f04
 docs/users_guide/runtime_control.xml |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/users_guide/runtime_control.xml b/docs/users_guide/runtime_control.xml
index aed507b..32edc3f 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/runtime_control.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/runtime_control.xml
@@ -679,7 +679,8 @@ $ ./prog -f +RTS -H32m -S -RTS -h foo bar
 	  <para>[Default: 8M] Set the maximum stack size for
           an individual thread to <replaceable>size</replaceable>
           bytes.  If the thread attempts to exceed this limit, it will
-            be send the <literal>StackOverflow</literal> exception.
+          be sent the <literal>StackOverflow</literal> exception. The
+          limit can be disabled entiredly by specifying a size of zero.
           </para>
           <para>
             This option is there mainly to stop the program eating up



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