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authorJosh Meredith <joshmeredith2008@gmail.com>2019-12-04 23:39:28 +1100
committerJosh Meredith <joshmeredith2008@gmail.com>2019-12-04 23:39:28 +1100
commita8435165b84c32fd2ebdd1281dd6ee077e07ad5a (patch)
tree791936d014aeaa26174c2dcbef34c14f3329dd04 /libraries/base/Data/STRef.hs
parent7805441b4d5e22eb63a501e1e40383d10380dc92 (diff)
parentf03a41d4bf9418ee028ecb51654c928b2da74edd (diff)
downloadhaskell-wip/binary-readerT.tar.gz
Merge branch 'master' into wip/binary-readerTwip/binary-readerT
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diff --git a/libraries/base/Data/STRef.hs b/libraries/base/Data/STRef.hs
index 5b8c6b7901..3636e6a8a6 100644
--- a/libraries/base/Data/STRef.hs
+++ b/libraries/base/Data/STRef.hs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import GHC.STRef
-- "Hello, world!"
--
-- Be warned that 'modifySTRef' does not apply the function strictly. This
--- means if the program calls 'modifySTRef' many times, but seldomly uses the
+-- means if the program calls 'modifySTRef' many times, but seldom uses the
-- value, thunks will pile up in memory resulting in a space leak. This is a
-- common mistake made when using an 'STRef' as a counter. For example, the
-- following will leak memory and may produce a stack overflow: