[haskell-platform] #180: GHCi tries to print infinite list (like [1..])

[Magnus Therning]

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 11:54:46PM +0100, Chris Dornan wrote:
> I think we are stuck with the current behaviour (which I find entirely
> natural). If we can anticipate infinite lists then can we not solve
> HP<http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/turing-machine/#5.2>
> ?

I believe many LISP REPLs allow the user to configure limits on
printing of lists, especially to avoid printing circular lists.

Just having a (user controllable) limit in GHCi on the number of items
of a list that is printed might be enough.

/M

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