[GHC] #5437: hSetEncoding resource leak on Linux

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#5437: hSetEncoding resource leak on Linux
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    Reporter:  guest   |       Owner:                
        Type:  bug     |      Status:  new           
    Priority:  normal  |   Component:  libraries/base
     Version:  6.12.1  |    Keywords:                
    Testcase:          |   Blockedby:                
          Os:  Linux   |    Blocking:                
Architecture:  x86     |     Failure:  Runtime crash 
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 toor at toor-desktop:~$ ghci
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 GHCi, version 6.12.1: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/  :? for help
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 Loading package ghc-prim ... linking ... done.
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 Loading package integer-gmp ... linking ... done.
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 Loading package base ... linking ... done.
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 Prelude> :m + System.IO
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 Prelude System.IO> e <- mkTextEncoding "CP932"
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 Prelude System.IO> mapM_ (\_->hSetEncoding stdout e) [1..10000]
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 Prelude System.IO> mapM_ (\_->hSetEncoding stdout e) [1..100000]
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 *** Exception: malloc: resource exhausted (out of memory)
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 Prelude System.IO> <interactive>: out of memory (requested 1048576 [[BR]]
 bytes)
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 toor at toor-desktop:~$

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