From 1bfdc3b39bbf5ab24ca5b24fd5fc711022b32ec7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Marlow Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 15:39:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] update the question about concurrent threads & GHCi --- docs/users_guide/ghci.xml | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/users_guide/ghci.xml b/docs/users_guide/ghci.xml index f9efe34..cd2a836 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/ghci.xml +++ b/docs/users_guide/ghci.xml @@ -1556,10 +1556,9 @@ Prelude> :set -fno-glasgow-exts Concurrent threads don't carry on running when GHCi is waiting for input. - No, they don't. This is because the Haskell binding - to the GNU readline library doesn't support reading from the - terminal in a non-blocking way, which is required to work - properly with GHC's concurrency model. + This should work, as long as your GHCi was built with + the switch, which is the default. + Consult whoever supplied your GHCi installation. -- 1.7.10.4