[commit: ghc] ghc-8.2: users-guide: Fix various wibbles (eeb2aa4)
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On branch : ghc-8.2
Link : http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/eeb2aa4e1f31306fc4b2ef65e970d11c15ecffe6/ghc
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commit eeb2aa4e1f31306fc4b2ef65e970d11c15ecffe6
Author: Ben Gamari <ben at smart-cactus.org>
Date: Sun Jul 23 12:59:49 2017 -0400
users-guide: Fix various wibbles
(cherry picked from commit c9451959d8796ee5458cd0666dd2bc2114ac10d7)
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eeb2aa4e1f31306fc4b2ef65e970d11c15ecffe6
docs/users_guide/profiling.rst | 19 +++++++++++--------
docs/users_guide/runtime_control.rst | 4 ++--
docs/users_guide/separate_compilation.rst | 6 +++---
3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/profiling.rst b/docs/users_guide/profiling.rst
index 0a4ba09..e3796ed 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/profiling.rst
+++ b/docs/users_guide/profiling.rst
@@ -429,6 +429,8 @@ enclosed between ``+RTS ... -RTS`` as usual):
.. rts-flag:: -V ⟨secs⟩
+ :default: 0.02
+
Sets the interval that the RTS clock ticks at, which is also the sampling
interval of the time and allocation profile. The default is 0.02 seconds.
The runtime uses a single timer signal to count ticks; this timer signal is
@@ -929,14 +931,15 @@ reasons for this:
- Garbage collection requires more memory than the actual residency. The
factor depends on the kind of garbage collection algorithm in use: a major GC
- in the standard generation copying collector will usually require 3L bytes of
- memory, where L is the amount of live data. This is because by default (see
- the RTS :rts-flag:`-F ⟨factor⟩` option) we allow the old generation to grow
- to twice its size (2L) before collecting it, and we require additionally L
- bytes to copy the live data into. When using compacting collection (see the
- :rts-flag:`-c` option), this is reduced to 2L, and can further be reduced by
- tweaking the :rts-flag:`-F ⟨factor⟩` option. Also add the size of the
- allocation area (see :rts-flag:`-A ⟨size⟩`).
+ in the standard generation copying collector will usually require :math:`3L`
+ bytes of memory, where :math:`L` is the amount of live data. This is because
+ by default (see the RTS :rts-flag:`-F ⟨factor⟩` option) we allow the old
+ generation to grow to twice its size (:math:`2L`) before collecting it, and
+ we require additionally :math:`L` bytes to copy the live data into. When
+ using compacting collection (see the :rts-flag:`-c` option), this is reduced
+ to :math:`2L`, and can further be reduced by tweaking the :rts-flag:`-F
+ ⟨factor⟩` option. Also add the size of the allocation area (see :rts-flag:`-A
+ ⟨size⟩`).
- The stack isn't counted in the heap profile by default. See the
RTS :rts-flag:`-xt` option.
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/runtime_control.rst b/docs/users_guide/runtime_control.rst
index 5286784..682ced8 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/runtime_control.rst
+++ b/docs/users_guide/runtime_control.rst
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ Miscellaneous RTS options
This option relates to allocation limits; for more about this see
:base-ref:`enableAllocationLimit <GHC-Conc.html#v%3AenableAllocationLimit>`.
When a thread hits its allocation limit, the RTS throws an exception
- to the thread, and the thread gets an additional quota of allo
+ to the thread, and the thread gets an additional quota of allocation
before the exception is raised again, the idea being so that the
thread can execute its exception handlers. The ``-xq`` controls the
size of this additional quota.
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ performance.
.. index::
single: allocation area, chunk size
- [Example: ``-n4m``\ ] When set to a non-zero value, this
+ [Example: ``-n4m`` ] When set to a non-zero value, this
option divides the allocation area (``-A`` value) into chunks of the
specified size. During execution, when a processor exhausts its
current chunk, it is given another chunk from the pool until the
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/separate_compilation.rst b/docs/users_guide/separate_compilation.rst
index 04ef591..06af6f0 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/separate_compilation.rst
+++ b/docs/users_guide/separate_compilation.rst
@@ -1190,8 +1190,8 @@ generation are:
.. ghc-flag:: -dep-suffix ⟨suffix⟩
Make dependencies that declare that files with suffix
- ``.<suf><osuf>`` depend on interface files with suffix
- ``.<suf>hi``, or (for ``{-# SOURCE #-}`` imports) on ``.hi-boot``.
+ ``.⟨suf⟩⟨osuf⟩`` depend on interface files with suffix
+ ``.⟨suf⟩hi``, or (for ``{-# SOURCE #-}`` imports) on ``.hi-boot``.
Multiple ``-dep-suffix`` flags are permitted. For example,
``-dep-suffix a_ -dep-suffix b_`` will make dependencies for ``.hs``
on ``.hi``, ``.a_hs`` on ``.a_hi``, and ``.b_hs`` on ``.b_hi``.
@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ generation are:
.. ghc-flag:: --exclude-module=⟨file⟩
- Regard ``<file>`` as "stable"; i.e., exclude it from having
+ Regard ``⟨file⟩`` as "stable"; i.e., exclude it from having
dependencies on it.
.. ghc-flag:: -include-pkg-deps
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