From 3907800d3a9f26fba88b0605af197a7d2866a0eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Marlow Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 11:05:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] note about evaluation affecting StableNames --- System/Mem/StableName.hs | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/System/Mem/StableName.hs b/System/Mem/StableName.hs index f0919f9..a2f9397 100644 --- a/System/Mem/StableName.hs +++ b/System/Mem/StableName.hs @@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ import GHC.Base ( Int(..), StableName#, makeStableName# the same object. The reverse is not necessarily true: if two stable names are not - equal, then the objects they name may still be equal. + equal, then the objects they name may still be equal. Note in particular + that `mkStableName` may return a different `StableName` after an + object is evaluated. Stable Names are similar to Stable Pointers ("Foreign.StablePtr"), but differ in the following ways: -- 1.7.10.4