-- Coercions between IO and ST
-- | A monad transformer embedding strict state transformers in the 'IO'
--- monad. The 'RealWorld' parameter is a technical device to keep the
--- state used by such computations separate from those inside 'runST'.
+-- monad. The 'RealWorld' parameter indicates that the internal state
+-- used by the 'ST' computation is a special one supplied by the 'IO'
+-- monad, and thus distinct from those used by invocations of 'runST'.
stToIO :: ST RealWorld a -> IO a
stToIO (ST m) = IO m
>
> main = do
> writeIORef test [42]
-> bang \<- readIORef test
+> bang <- readIORef test
> print (bang :: [Char])
This program will core dump. This problem with polymorphic references
unsafePerformIO :: IO a -> a
unsafePerformIO (IO m) = case m realWorld# of (# _, r #) -> r
+-- Why do we NOINLINE unsafePerformIO? See the comment with
+-- GHC.ST.runST. Essentially the issue is that the IO computation
+-- inside unsafePerformIO must be atomic: it must either all run, or
+-- not at all. If we let the compiler see the application of the IO
+-- to realWorld#, it might float out part of the IO.
+
{-|
'unsafeInterleaveIO' allows 'IO' computation to be deferred lazily.
When passed a value of type @IO a@, the 'IO' will only be performed
when the value of the @a@ is demanded. This is used to implement lazy
file reading, see 'System.IO.hGetContents'.
-}
-{-# NOINLINE unsafeInterleaveIO #-}
+{-# INLINE unsafeInterleaveIO #-}
unsafeInterleaveIO :: IO a -> IO a
unsafeInterleaveIO (IO m)
= IO ( \ s -> let
in
(# s, r #))
+-- We believe that INLINE on unsafeInterleaveIO is safe, because the
+-- state from this IO thread is passed explicitly to the interleaved
+-- IO, so it cannot be floated out and shared.
+
-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Handle type
-- but not less frequently, than specified above.
-- The output buffer is emptied as soon as it has been written out.
--
--- Similarly, input occurs according to the buffer mode for handle {\em hdl}.
+-- Similarly, input occurs according to the buffer mode for the handle:
--
-- * /line-buffering/: when the buffer for the handle is not empty,
-- the next item is obtained from the buffer; otherwise, when the
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