[commit: ghc] master: Note #11108 in the bugs section of users guide (d2a2d5e)
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commit d2a2d5ebb08caedcd2a2a7a9e06ed6f4cbba96e7
Author: Ben Gamari <ben at smart-cactus.org>
Date: Thu Nov 26 00:32:21 2015 +0100
Note #11108 in the bugs section of users guide
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d2a2d5ebb08caedcd2a2a7a9e06ed6f4cbba96e7
docs/users_guide/bugs.rst | 5 +++++
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diff --git a/docs/users_guide/bugs.rst b/docs/users_guide/bugs.rst
index 55551ea..b287378 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/bugs.rst
+++ b/docs/users_guide/bugs.rst
@@ -463,6 +463,11 @@ Bugs in GHC
libraries that come with GHC are probably built without this option,
unless you built GHC yourself.
+- There is known to be maleficent interactions between weak references and
+ laziness. Particularly, it has been observed that placing a thunk containing
+ a reference to a weak reference inside of another weak reference may cause
+ runtime crashes. See :ghc-ticket:`11108` for details.
+
.. _bugs-ghci:
Bugs in GHCi (the interactive GHC)
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