[GHC] #9332: Memory blowing up for strict sum/strict foldl in ghci

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#9332: Memory blowing up for strict sum/strict foldl in ghci
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              Reporter:              |             Owner:
  artella.coding                     |            Status:  closed
                  Type:  bug         |         Milestone:  7.8.4
              Priority:  high        |           Version:  7.8.3
             Component:  GHCi        |          Keywords:  ghci, strict,
            Resolution:  fixed       |  memory
Differential Revisions:              |  Operating System:  Linux
          Architecture:  x86_64      |   Type of failure:  Runtime
  (amd64)                            |  performance bug
            Difficulty:  Unknown     |         Test Case:
            Blocked By:              |          Blocking:
       Related Tickets:              |
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Comment (by artella.coding):

 Hi, I am a bit confused myself.

 When I marked it to high, I did not know a way around the issue. However
 later I found a solution (see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24838982
 /memory-blowing-up-for-strict-sum-strict-foldl-in-ghci) and I closed it
 (because I didn't want a ticket to be marked as an open bug if it wasn't a
 bug).

 Following the comments in http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24838982
 /memory-blowing-up-for-strict-sum-strict-foldl-in-ghci I found that the
 only way that I could run the code without it blowing up in ghci is to run
 it as follows :


 {{{
 ghci -fobject-code Test
 }}}

 '''and''' to have the header :


 {{{
 module Main (main) where
 }}}

 What would be your suggestion? Is it a bug? Thanks

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