[commit: ghc] master: users_guide: Update default maximum stack size (f65473b)
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On branch : master
Link : http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/f65473bc4fa8c9664af829629d9d4fb5653154e2/ghc
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commit f65473bc4fa8c9664af829629d9d4fb5653154e2
Author: Ben Gamari <bgamari.foss at gmail.com>
Date: Thu Sep 12 23:28:20 2013 -0400
users_guide: Update default maximum stack size
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f65473bc4fa8c9664af829629d9d4fb5653154e2
docs/users_guide/runtime_control.xml | 11 ++++++-----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/runtime_control.xml b/docs/users_guide/runtime_control.xml
index 32edc3f..d26dd96 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/runtime_control.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/runtime_control.xml
@@ -676,11 +676,12 @@ $ ./prog -f +RTS -H32m -S -RTS -h foo bar
<indexterm><primary>stack, maximum size</primary></indexterm>
</term>
<listitem>
- <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 sent the <literal>StackOverflow</literal> exception. The
- limit can be disabled entiredly by specifying a size of zero.
+ <para>[Default: 80% physical memory size] 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 sent the
+ <literal>StackOverflow</literal> exception. The
+ limit can be disabled entirely by specifying a size of zero.
</para>
<para>
This option is there mainly to stop the program eating up
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