{-# OPTIONS_GHC -XNoImplicitPrelude #-} ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- | -- Module : Data.IORef -- Copyright : (c) The University of Glasgow 2001 -- License : BSD-style (see the file libraries/base/LICENSE) -- -- Maintainer : libraries@haskell.org -- Stability : experimental -- Portability : portable -- -- Mutable references in the IO monad. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- module Data.IORef ( -- * IORefs IORef, -- abstract, instance of: Eq, Typeable newIORef, -- :: a -> IO (IORef a) readIORef, -- :: IORef a -> IO a writeIORef, -- :: IORef a -> a -> IO () modifyIORef, -- :: IORef a -> (a -> a) -> IO () atomicModifyIORef, -- :: IORef a -> (a -> (a,b)) -> IO b #if !defined(__PARALLEL_HASKELL__) && defined(__GLASGOW_HASKELL__) mkWeakIORef, -- :: IORef a -> IO () -> IO (Weak (IORef a)) #endif ) where #ifdef __HUGS__ import Hugs.IORef #endif #ifdef __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ import GHC.Base import GHC.STRef -- import GHC.IO import GHC.IORef hiding (atomicModifyIORef) import qualified GHC.IORef #if !defined(__PARALLEL_HASKELL__) import GHC.Weak #endif #endif /* __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ */ #ifdef __NHC__ import NHC.IOExtras ( IORef , newIORef , readIORef , writeIORef , excludeFinalisers ) #endif #if defined(__GLASGOW_HASKELL__) && !defined(__PARALLEL_HASKELL__) -- |Make a 'Weak' pointer to an 'IORef' mkWeakIORef :: IORef a -> IO () -> IO (Weak (IORef a)) mkWeakIORef r@(IORef (STRef r#)) f = IO $ \s -> case mkWeak# r# r f s of (# s1, w #) -> (# s1, Weak w #) #endif -- |Mutate the contents of an 'IORef' modifyIORef :: IORef a -> (a -> a) -> IO () modifyIORef ref f = readIORef ref >>= writeIORef ref . f -- |Atomically modifies the contents of an 'IORef'. -- -- This function is useful for using 'IORef' in a safe way in a multithreaded -- program. If you only have one 'IORef', then using 'atomicModifyIORef' to -- access and modify it will prevent race conditions. -- -- Extending the atomicity to multiple 'IORef's is problematic, so it -- is recommended that if you need to do anything more complicated -- then using 'Control.Concurrent.MVar.MVar' instead is a good idea. -- atomicModifyIORef :: IORef a -> (a -> (a,b)) -> IO b #if defined(__GLASGOW_HASKELL__) atomicModifyIORef = GHC.IORef.atomicModifyIORef #elif defined(__HUGS__) atomicModifyIORef = plainModifyIORef -- Hugs has no preemption where plainModifyIORef r f = do a <- readIORef r case f a of (a',b) -> writeIORef r a' >> return b #elif defined(__NHC__) atomicModifyIORef r f = excludeFinalisers $ do a <- readIORef r let (a',b) = f a writeIORef r a' return b #endif