[GHC] #14400: Make :sprint, :print, and :force work with cyclical structures
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#14400: Make :sprint, :print, and :force work with cyclical structures
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Reporter: dfeuer | Owner: (none)
Type: feature | Status: new
request |
Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.6.1
Component: GHCi | Version: 8.2.1
Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple
Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown
Unknown/Multiple |
Test Case: | Blocked By:
Blocking: | Related Tickets:
Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page:
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{{{
> t = "hi" : t
> :force t
}}}
never completes, because GHC races around and around in a loop forever. It
would seem better to keep a hashset of nodes that have already been
visited to avoid getting stuck, and print out a reasonable representation
of the graph.
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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/14400>
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