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Commit 6bc482ac authored by Simon Marlow's avatar Simon Marlow
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[project @ 2000-08-03 11:34:41 by simonmar]

Update the documentation on the +RTS -C option, and remove the note
saying that it doesn't work.
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<Term><Option>-C[&lt;us&gt;]</Option>:</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<IndexTerm><Primary>-C&lt;us&gt; RTS option</Primary></IndexTerm>
Sets the context switch interval to <Literal>&lt;us&gt;</Literal> microseconds. A context
switch will occur at the next heap allocation after the timer expires.
With <Option>-C0</Option> or <Option>-C</Option>, context switches will occur as often as
possible (at every heap allocation). By default, context switches
occur every 10 milliseconds. Note that many interval timers are only
capable of 10 millisecond granularity, so the default setting may be
the finest granularity possible, short of a context switch at every
heap allocation.
</Para>
<Para>
&lsqb;NOTE: this option currently has no effect (version 4.00). Context
switches happen when the current heap block is full, i.e. every 4k of
allocation].
<IndexTerm><Primary>-C&lt;us&gt; RTS option</Primary></IndexTerm> Sets
the context switch interval to <Literal>&lt;s&gt;</Literal> seconds.
A context switch will occur at the next heap block allocation after
the timer expires (a heap block allocation occurs every 4k of
allocation). With <Option>-C0</Option> or <Option>-C</Option>,
context switches will occur as often as possible (at every heap block
allocation). By default, context switches occur every 20ms
milliseconds. Note that GHC's internal timer ticks every 20ms, and
the context switch timer is always a multiple of this timer, so 20ms
is the maximum granularity available for timed context switches.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
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