> No, that need not be. If the compiler sees that it's never referenced > again, it can be garbage collected (assuming the consumption pattern of msg > allows that to be garbage collected incrementally). > > Try out whether your programme has a space leak by giving it a long input. > If it has, ask again.
Ok, I'll see if I have any problems. What I'm doing seemed like it might be the wrong way to go, so I figured I'd ask about it to see if I got any "don't do that" type responses. Sounds like what I'm doing is pretty much sane, so I'll see if I run into any trouble. > Normally, that shouldn't be necessary. If you're done with some data, it > should be garbage collected pretty soon. > There are some situations where an unintended and unneeded reference to > some data is kept around and prevents it from being collected, but in > general, the compilers are rather good at managing memory. Thanks for the info. I'll be back if I have any trouble :) _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
