[GHC] #917: -O introduces space leak

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#917: -O introduces space leak
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  Reporter:  claus.reinke at talk21.com  |          Owner:         
      Type:  bug                      |         Status:  new    
  Priority:  lowest                   |      Milestone:  _|_    
 Component:  Compiler                 |        Version:  6.5    
  Severity:  normal                   |     Resolution:         
  Keywords:                           |             Os:  Unknown
Difficulty:  Unknown                  |   Architecture:  Unknown
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Changes (by simonpj):

  * milestone:  => _|_
  * priority:  normal => lowest

Comment:

 Thanks for recording this.  You are right that full laziness can introduce
 space leaks.  GHC provides no way to selectively disable it, but you can
 use -fno-full-laziness.

 It's a good research topic.  It'd be great if someone could find a way to
 solve it... but I doubt we'll do anything to GHC in the short term.

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