+
+data FastMutPtr = FastMutPtr (MutableByteArray# RealWorld)
+
+newFastMutPtr = IO $ \s ->
+ case newByteArray# size s of { (# s, arr #) ->
+ (# s, FastMutPtr arr #) }
+ where !(I# size) = SIZEOF_VOID_P
+
+readFastMutPtr (FastMutPtr arr) = IO $ \s ->
+ case readAddrArray# arr 0# s of { (# s, i #) ->
+ (# s, Ptr i #) }
+
+writeFastMutPtr (FastMutPtr arr) (Ptr i) = IO $ \s ->
+ case writeAddrArray# arr 0# i s of { s ->
+ (# s, () #) }
+#else /* ! __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ */
+--maybe someday we could use
+--http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Library/ArrayRef
+--which has an implementation of IOURefs
+--that is unboxed in GHC and just strict in all other compilers...
+newtype FastMutInt = FastMutInt (IORef Int)
+
+-- If any default value was chosen, it surely would be 0,
+-- so we will use that since IORef requires a default value.
+-- Or maybe it would be more interesting to package an error,
+-- assuming nothing relies on being able to read a bogus Int?
+-- That could interfere with its strictness for smart optimizers
+-- (are they allowed to optimize a 'newtype' that way?) ...
+-- Well, maybe that can be added (in DEBUG?) later.
+newFastMutInt = fmap FastMutInt (newIORef 0)
+
+readFastMutInt (FastMutInt ioRefInt) = readIORef ioRefInt
+
+-- FastMutInt is strict in the value it contains.
+writeFastMutInt (FastMutInt ioRefInt) i = i `seq` writeIORef ioRefInt i
+
+
+newtype FastMutPtr = FastMutPtr (IORef (Ptr ()))
+
+-- If any default value was chosen, it surely would be 0,
+-- so we will use that since IORef requires a default value.
+-- Or maybe it would be more interesting to package an error,
+-- assuming nothing relies on being able to read a bogus Ptr?
+-- That could interfere with its strictness for smart optimizers
+-- (are they allowed to optimize a 'newtype' that way?) ...
+-- Well, maybe that can be added (in DEBUG?) later.
+newFastMutPtr = fmap FastMutPtr (newIORef (castPtr nullPtr))
+
+readFastMutPtr (FastMutPtr ioRefPtr) = readIORef ioRefPtr
+
+-- FastMutPtr is strict in the value it contains.
+writeFastMutPtr (FastMutPtr ioRefPtr) i = i `seq` writeIORef ioRefPtr i