ghc --make and memory
Simon Marlow
simonmar@microsoft.com
Thu, 23 Aug 2001 14:37:15 +0100
> I am finding that very large compilations fall over with ghc=20
> --make because ghc --make
> runs out of heap space. However if I restart them they=20
> manage to continue. Is there a
> way of making ghc --make use memory more efficiently?
Bashing on GHC's memory use is something we want to do, but it'll be
after the 5.02 release. Retainer and lag-drag-void profiling is going
in post-5.02 too, which should help us track down any space leaks.
Meanwhile, memory is cheap at the moment!
Cheers,
Simon