[Haskell-cafe] RE: simple function: stack overflow in hugs vs nonein ghc

[Claus Reinke]

> return (repeat 'a') >>= \ x -> print $ span (const True) x
> 
> with hugs you will get a stack error, in ghc it executes in constant space, 
> i.e. indefinitely. In essenece the above example does exactly the same as my 
> ealier code.

this thread might be relevant:

http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/hugs-bugs/2007-June/001815.html
http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/hugs-bugs/2007-June/001816.html
http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/hugs-bugs/2007-June/001817.html

claus