#3800: sizeofByteArray# returns allocated words, not requested length in bytes
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Reporter: AntoineLatter | Owner: AntoineLatter
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Component: Compiler
Version: 6.12.1 | Keywords:
Os: Unknown/Multiple | Testcase:
Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Failure: Incorrect result at runtime
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A byte array allocated with (GHC.Prim.newByteArray# 7) will report it's
size as '8' - that is, the stored size in StgArrWords is the number of
allocated words, not the number of requested bytes.
This menas that if I want to a GHC.Prim.ByteArray# or MutableByteArray# as
an array type, I need a separate length fields.
See also: http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/glasgow-haskell-
users/2009-December/018199.html
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