-{- | This function is a replacement for "Posix.forkProcess": This implementation
-/will stop all other Concurrent Haskell threads/ in the (heavyweight) forked copy.
-'forkProcessPrim' returns the pid of the child process to the parent, 0 to the child,
-and a value less than 0 in case of errors. See also: 'forkProcess'.
-
-Without this function, you need excessive and often impractical
-explicit synchronization using the regular Concurrent Haskell constructs to assure
-that only the desired thread is running after the fork().
-
-The stopped threads are /not/ garbage collected! This behaviour may change in
-future releases.
-
-NOTE: currently, main threads are not stopped in the child process.
-To work around this problem, call 'forkProcessPrim' from the main thread.
--}
-
-forkProcessPrim :: IO Int
-forkProcessPrim = IO $ \s -> case (forkProcess# s) of (# s1, id #) -> (# s1, (I# id) #)
-
-{- | 'forkProcess' is a wrapper around 'forkProcessPrim' similar to the one found in
-"Posix.forkProcess" which returns a Maybe-type. The child receives @Nothing@, the
-parent @Just (pid::Int)@. In case of an error, an exception is thrown.
-
-NOTE: currently, main threads are not stopped in the child process.
-To work around this problem, call 'forkProcess' from the main thread.
--}
-
-forkProcess :: IO (Maybe Int)
-forkProcess = do
- pid <- forkProcessPrim
- case pid of
- -1 -> ioException (IOError Nothing -- stolen from hslibs/posix/PosixUtil
- SystemError
- "forkProcess"
- ""
- Nothing)
- 0 -> return Nothing
- _ -> return (Just pid)
-