I thought the limit was the total amount allocated, not the amount live.
On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 7:50 PM, William Kenyon <g...@abacathoo.org> wrote: > According to google, > > 2^32 bytes = 4GB, > > I think that is more memory than a 32 bit machine can handle anyway? > > Maybe alloc_limit should be 32 bits on a 32 bit machine, and 64 bit on a > 64 bit machine? > > > On 4 May 2014 16:06, Johan Tibell <johan.tib...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 5:45 PM, Sergei Trofimovich <sly...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>> Does it make sense to have 64-bit alloc_limit on 32-bit box? >>> >> >> I think so. You allocate 2^32 bytes pretty quickly. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ghc-devs mailing list >> ghc-devs@haskell.org >> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs >> >> >
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