how to get more detail for: <<loop>>

Simon Marlow simonmarhaskell at gmail.com
Wed Jun 7 09:59:45 EDT 2006


Johannes Waldmann FbIMN wrote:
> How can I get more information
> if my ghc-compiled program halts with "<<loop>>"

There isn't a way to get more information right now.  But <<loop>> is an 
exception (NonTermination), so you can catch it.

> What kinds of cyclic dependencies
> does the runtime system actually recognize?

The kind where a value depends on itself, also known as a blackhole.

Cheers,
	Simon


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