GC options. Reply

[S.D.Mechveliani]

Hello,

here are my votes on Simon Marlow's questions.


> Issue 1: should the maximum heap size be unbounded by default?
> Currently the maximum heap size is bounded at 64M. 
> [..]
>	1. remove the default limit altogether
>	2. raise the default limit
>	3. no change

Put the default to  30M.


> Issue 2: Should -M be renamed to -H, and -H renamed to something else?
> The argument for this change is that GHC's -M option is closer to the
> traditional meaning of -H.

Yes.

> Issue 3: (suggestion from Julian S.) Perhaps there should be two options
> to specify "optimise for memory use" or "optimise for performance",
> which have the effect of setting the defaults for various GC options to
> appropriate values. 
> [..]

All right. 
But let the meaning of  -O  remain as it was.

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Serge Mechveliani
mechvel@botik.ru