On 8/5/06, Frederik Eaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Also, note that my proposal differs in that thread local variables are
not writable, but can only be changed by calling (e.g. in my API)
'withIOParam'.
[snip]
and if some library I use decides
to fork a thread behind the scenes, it won't chan
On 05.08 19:56, Frederik Eaton wrote:
> That doesn't answer the question: What if my application has a need
> for several different sets of parameters - what if it doesn't make
> sense to combine them into a single monad? What if there are 'n'
> layers? Is it incorrect to say that the monadic appro
On 06.08 02:41, Frederik Eaton wrote:
> Also, note that my proposal differs in that thread local variables are
> not writable, but can only be changed by calling (e.g. in my API)
> 'withIOParam'. This is still just as general, because an IORef can be
> stored in a thread-local variable, but it make
On 06.08 04:23, Frederik Eaton wrote:
> I also forgot to mention that if you hold on to a ThreadId, it
> apparently causes the whole thread to be retained. Simon Marlow
> explained this on 2005/10/18:
Actually this problem does not exist in the code.
The problem is encountered if children are tied
