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:
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To: john lask
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Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] RE: simple function: stack overflow in hugs vs
nonein ghc
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:05:24 +0100
return (repeat 'a') = \ x - print $ span (const True) x
with hugs you will get
