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Can't profile when the heap maximum is hit

$ echo "main = print $ product [1..]" > temp.hs
$ ghc -prof -auto-all temp.hs --make
$ ./temp +RTS -M100k -p -RTS
$ cat temp.prof

and the contents of temp.prof will be empty.

Trac metadata
Trac field Value
Version 6.8.2
Type Bug
TypeOfFailure OtherFailure
Priority normal
Resolution Unresolved
Component Profiling
Test case
Differential revisions
BlockedBy
Related
Blocking
CC
Operating system
Architecture Unknown
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