Bug: GHC creates incorrect code which throws <<loop>>

[Jan Stolarek]

Hi,

I can confirm that the bug is reproducable on my system as well (64bit Debian Wheezy).

Janek

Dnia środa, 1 kwietnia 2015, Yongqian Li napisał:
> Hi all,
>
> I wanted to bring to your attention this bug,
> https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10218 , which I filed about
> two days ago but hasn't gotten any replies to yet.
>
>
> In my opinion, this is a rather serious bug since GHC is producing
> incorrect code. While there is a workaround, it makes my program take
> about 2 hours to compile.
>
>
> Since reporting the bug, I've also seen "strange closure type"
> exceptions, which I believe are also caused by this bug, although I do
> not have a test case. Based on my limited understanding of GHC
> internals, I suspect the problem lies in how type class dictionaries
> are looked up at run time, as the problem disappears if GHC can fully
> resolve the types.
>
>
> Can others see if they can reproduce this bug? If there is any way I
> can help, please let me know.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Yongqian Li
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