| Copyright | (c) The University of Glasgow 2001 |
|---|---|
| License | BSD-style (see the file libraries/base/LICENSE) |
| Maintainer | libraries@haskell.org |
| Stability | provisional |
| Portability | non-portable (requires universal quantification for runST) |
| Safe Haskell | Trustworthy |
| Language | Haskell2010 |
Control.Monad.ST.Lazy.Safe
Description
Deprecated: Safe is now the default, please use Control.Monad.ST.Lazy instead
This module presents an identical interface to Control.Monad.ST,
except that the monad delays evaluation of ST operations until
a value depending on them is required.
Safe API only.
The ST monad
The lazy monad.
The ST monad allows for destructive updates, but is escapable (unlike STIO).
A computation of type returns a value of type ST s aa, and
executes in "thread" s. The s parameter is either
- an uninstantiated type variable (inside invocations of
runST), or RealWorld(inside invocations ofstToIO).
It serves to keep the internal states of different invocations of
runST separate from each other and from invocations of stToIO.
The >>= and >> operations are not strict in the state. For example,
runST (writeSTRef _|_ v >>= readSTRef _|_ >> return 2) = 2Converting between strict and lazy ST
strictToLazyST :: ST s a -> ST s a Source #
Convert a strict ST computation into a lazy one. The strict state
thread passed to strictToLazyST is not performed until the result of
the lazy state thread it returns is demanded.
Converting ST To IO
RealWorld is deeply magical. It is primitive, but it is not
unlifted (hence ptrArg). We never manipulate values of type
RealWorld; it's only used in the type system, to parameterise State#.