Re: Bug in Nov-2002 Hugs with graphics library

Glynn Clements <[email protected]> Thu, 21 Nov 2002 08:50:38 +0000

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.lang.haskell.hugs.bugs
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John Hughes wrote:

> The attached program crashes the November 2002 hugs/winhugs. A graphics
> window appears, but when the mouse is moved over it (generating graphics
> events), hugs crashes.

I encountered something similar on Unix, which appears to be due to a
space leak in the graphics library. The program starts to slow down
and/or increase CPU usage, then eventually terminates due to GC
failure. Increasing the heap size will allow the program to run longer
before terminating.

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Glynn Clements <[email protected]>