#2965: GHC on OS X does not compile 64-bit
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Reporter: Axman6 | Owner: igloo
Type: feature request | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.0.1
Component: Compiler | Version:
Keywords: 64bit | Testcase:
Blockedby: | Difficulty: Unknown
Os: MacOS X | Blocking:
Architecture: x86_64 (amd64) | Failure: Installing GHC failed
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Comment(by simonmar):
Replying to [comment:71 gidyn]:
> Pointers might be twice as long, but the data shouldn't magically double
in size.
Ordinary Haskell data structures do double in size on a 64-bit machine
with GHC. The only data structures that do not double in size are things
like unboxed arrays, vectors, `ByteStrings`, and `Text`. These are the
majority in some programs, but I expect not in most programs.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2965#comment:72>
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