Jules Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Achim Schneider wrote: > > You don't come across space-leaks in strict programs often because > > data is usually allocated statically even if execution is > > non-strict. > > > > Piping /dev/zero into a program that just sleeps does leak space, > > though. > > > > It only leaks 8K or whatever size your system buffers pipes until it > suspends the writer though... or do I misunderstand your analogy? > I don't think so. I would say that it leaks 8k memory and infinite time. I did not intend the example to be implementation-dependent, but then that kind of proves my point.
-- (c) this sig last receiving data processing entity. Inspect headers for past copyright information. All rights reserved. Unauthorised copying, hiring, renting, public performance and/or broadcasting of this signature prohibited. _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
