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| author | Teo Camarasu <teofilcamarasu@gmail.com> | 2022-10-15 18:09:03 +0100 |
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| committer | Teo Camarasu <teofilcamarasu@gmail.com> | 2022-10-15 18:11:29 +0100 |
| commit | 4a4641ca2f2a157dab0fe2df5316f79ffb52c047 (patch) | |
| tree | 73be8c614c31302f9ba0d6b84c2eac5d0939806d | |
| parent | 29bb90db7e0756cd7dda96d9a61c3ab0abe769c2 (diff) | |
| download | haskell-4a4641ca2f2a157dab0fe2df5316f79ffb52c047.tar.gz | |
Add realease note for #21927
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diff --git a/docs/users_guide/9.6.1-notes.rst b/docs/users_guide/9.6.1-notes.rst index faa8d2d8e9..dfd800d11b 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/9.6.1-notes.rst +++ b/docs/users_guide/9.6.1-notes.rst @@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ Runtime system by library authors directly, who may wrap them a safe API that maintains the necessary invariants. See the documentation in ``GHC.Prim`` for more details. +- The behaviour of the ``-M`` flag has been made more strict. It will now trigger + a heap overflow if the total amount of memory used by the Haskell heap exceeds the limit. + Previously only live blocks were taken into account. + This makes it more likely to trigger promptly when the heap is highly fragmented. + + ``base`` library ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |