Resource limits for Haskell

[Edward Z. Yang]

OK, I've posted a draft patch:

    http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7763

Edward

Excerpts from Edward Z. Yang's message of Fri Mar 08 00:52:37 -0800 2013:
> Ever wanted to write this?
> 
>     -- | Forks a thread, but kills it if it has more than 'limit'
>     -- bytes resident on the heap.
>     forkIOWithSpaceLimit :: IO () -> {- limit -} Int -> IO ThreadId
> 
> I have a proposal (and some unpublished experimental patches) which do
> just that.  Check it out at: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Commentary/ResourceLimits
> 
> Comments, bikeshedding and critique appreciated.
> 
> Cheers,
> Edward