[GHC] #9332: Memory blowing up for strict sum/strict foldl in ghci

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#9332: Memory blowing up for strict sum/strict foldl in ghci
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              Reporter:              |            Owner:
  artella.coding                     |           Status:  closed
                  Type:  bug         |        Milestone:  7.8.4
              Priority:  high        |          Version:  7.8.3
             Component:  GHCi        |         Keywords:  ghci, strict,
            Resolution:  fixed       |  memory
      Operating System:  Linux       |     Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)
       Type of failure:  Runtime     |       Difficulty:  Unknown
  performance bug                    |       Blocked By:
             Test Case:              |  Related Tickets:
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Comment (by rwbarton):

 artella, your observations seem correct to me. I am not sure, but I think
 that perhaps GHCi does not garbage collect CAFs, ever. Perhaps a feature
 request?

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