[GHC] #5729: ForeignPtr leak in ghci

[GHC]

#5729: ForeignPtr leak in ghci
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    Reporter:  judahj          |        Owner:              
        Type:  bug             |       Status:  closed      
    Priority:  normal          |    Component:  GHCi        
     Version:  7.2.1           |   Resolution:  duplicate   
    Keywords:                  |           Os:  MacOS X     
Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)  |      Failure:  None/Unknown
    Testcase:                  |    Blockedby:              
    Blocking:                  |      Related:              
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Changes (by judahj):

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


Comment:

 OK, it turns out this was an instance of #917.  GHC was turning the
 infinite list into a CAF.  When the program was run from the command-line,
 the initial parts of that list could be garbage collected since they would
 only be used once.  But when the program was run from within GHCi, the
 entire list would be retained since the program might be run multiple
 times in the same session.

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