[GHC] #1334: apparent memory leak in --make mode (compiling base library during building ghc)

[GHC]

#1334: apparent memory leak in --make mode (compiling base library during building
ghc)
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 Reporter:  Isaac Dupree  |          Owner:            
     Type:  bug           |         Status:  closed    
 Priority:  normal        |      Milestone:  6.8 branch
Component:  Compiler      |        Version:  6.7       
 Severity:  normal        |     Resolution:  wontfix   
 Keywords:                |     Difficulty:  Unknown   
 Testcase:                |   Architecture:  Unknown   
       Os:  Unknown       |  
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Changes (by simonmar):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => wontfix

Comment:

 GHC `--make` caches interface files as it compiles (which is why `--make`
 is faster than separate compilations), so it is perfectly normal for its
 memory usage to increase during the course of compiling a large set of
 modules.  We looked into it briefly for 6.8.1 and concluded that there was
 nothing excessive going on.  There are always improvements that can be
 made, but we don't believe there's an actual space leak here.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1334#comment:3>
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