Repository : ssh://[email protected]/ghc On branch : master Link : http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/c798a8c6c66d826efdc0201fa56d45337eecc2af/ghc
>--------------------------------------------------------------- commit c798a8c6c66d826efdc0201fa56d45337eecc2af Author: Austin Seipp <[email protected]> Date: Sun Sep 8 04:07:23 2013 -0500 Note infinite stack default in release notes. Signed-off-by: Austin Seipp <[email protected]> >--------------------------------------------------------------- c798a8c6c66d826efdc0201fa56d45337eecc2af docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml b/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml index 15bf82b..2021fc6 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml +++ b/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml @@ -346,6 +346,27 @@ <listitem> <para> + By default, the maximum stack size in the runtime + system is now infinite. This is controlled by the + <literal>+RTS -K</literal> flag, which was + previously defaulted to 8MB. In general, this + will allow more programs to run as they will no + longer stack overflow as quickly, although they + may use much more memory. + </para> + + <para> + Note that you will still eventually encounter a + stack overflow - when the heap is completely + exhausted, as stacks are serviced from the + storage manager. This will cause a runtime abort + after invoking + <literal>StackOverflowHook</literal>. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> The performance of <literal>StablePtr</literal>s and <literal>StableName</literal>s has been improved. </para> _______________________________________________ ghc-commits mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ghc-commits
