[Haskell-cafe] Strange space leak

[Tom Ellis]

On Fri, Nov 04, 2016 at 02:44:00PM +0000, Tom Ellis wrote:
> Can anyone explain why this leaks space:
> 
>     main :: IO ()
>     main = let loop () = return () *> loop ()
>            in loop ()
> 
> whilst this doesn't:
> 
>     main :: IO ()
>     main = let loop = return () *> loop
>            in loop

More strangely, the space leak only appears in ghci (and runhaskell).  When
compiled there is no such space leak.

Tom