diff --git a/hspec-core.cabal b/hspec-core.cabal
--- a/hspec-core.cabal
+++ b/hspec-core.cabal
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
--- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.21.2.
+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.25.0.
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 --
--- hash: 5f2f775ba57cc471e22084afddafbeffb0a467d1863b8df967e9a4ae08874d1b
+-- hash: 8fe188c041ee9e718cde6c89c51a73813fd9b52b772533362134c232c80261f5
 
 name:             hspec-core
-version:          2.4.7
+version:          2.4.8
 license:          MIT
 license-file:     LICENSE
 copyright:        (c) 2011-2017 Simon Hengel,
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
     , QuickCheck >=2.5.1
     , ansi-terminal >=0.5
     , array
-    , async >=2
     , base >=4.5.0.0 && <5
     , call-stack
     , deepseq
@@ -46,6 +45,7 @@
     , quickcheck-io >=0.2.0
     , random
     , setenv
+    , stm >=2.2
     , tf-random
     , time
     , transformers >=0.2.2.0
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
       Test.Hspec.Core.Spec.Monad
       Test.Hspec.Core.Timer
       Test.Hspec.Core.Tree
+      Control.Concurrent.Async
       Data.Algorithm.Diff
       Paths_hspec_core
   default-language: Haskell2010
@@ -89,7 +90,6 @@
     , QuickCheck >=2.5.1
     , ansi-terminal >=0.5
     , array
-    , async >=2
     , base >=4.5.0.0 && <5
     , call-stack
     , deepseq
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
     , random
     , setenv
     , silently >=1.2.4
+    , stm >=2.2
     , temporary
     , tf-random
     , time
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@
       Test.Hspec.Core.Timer
       Test.Hspec.Core.Tree
       Test.Hspec.Core.Util
+      Control.Concurrent.Async
       Data.Algorithm.Diff
       All
       Helper
diff --git a/vendor/Control/Concurrent/Async.hs b/vendor/Control/Concurrent/Async.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/Control/Concurrent/Async.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,870 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP, MagicHash, UnboxedTuples, RankNTypes,
+    ExistentialQuantification #-}
+#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 701
+{-# LANGUAGE Trustworthy #-}
+#endif
+#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ < 710
+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveDataTypeable #-}
+#endif
+{-# OPTIONS -Wall #-}
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- |
+-- Module      :  Control.Concurrent.Async
+-- Copyright   :  (c) Simon Marlow 2012
+-- License     :  BSD3 (see the file LICENSE)
+--
+-- Maintainer  :  Simon Marlow <marlowsd@gmail.com>
+-- Stability   :  provisional
+-- Portability :  non-portable (requires concurrency)
+--
+-- This module provides a set of operations for running IO operations
+-- asynchronously and waiting for their results.  It is a thin layer
+-- over the basic concurrency operations provided by
+-- "Control.Concurrent".  The main additional functionality it
+-- provides is the ability to wait for the return value of a thread,
+-- but the interface also provides some additional safety and
+-- robustness over using threads and @MVar@ directly.
+--
+-- The basic type is @'Async' a@, which represents an asynchronous
+-- @IO@ action that will return a value of type @a@, or die with an
+-- exception.  An @Async@ corresponds to a thread, and its 'ThreadId'
+-- can be obtained with 'asyncThreadId', although that should rarely
+-- be necessary.
+--
+-- For example, to fetch two web pages at the same time, we could do
+-- this (assuming a suitable @getURL@ function):
+--
+-- >    do a1 <- async (getURL url1)
+-- >       a2 <- async (getURL url2)
+-- >       page1 <- wait a1
+-- >       page2 <- wait a2
+-- >       ...
+--
+-- where 'async' starts the operation in a separate thread, and
+-- 'wait' waits for and returns the result.  If the operation
+-- throws an exception, then that exception is re-thrown by
+-- 'wait'.  This is one of the ways in which this library
+-- provides some additional safety: it is harder to accidentally
+-- forget about exceptions thrown in child threads.
+--
+-- A slight improvement over the previous example is this:
+--
+-- >       withAsync (getURL url1) $ \a1 -> do
+-- >       withAsync (getURL url2) $ \a2 -> do
+-- >       page1 <- wait a1
+-- >       page2 <- wait a2
+-- >       ...
+--
+-- 'withAsync' is like 'async', except that the 'Async' is
+-- automatically killed (using 'uninterruptibleCancel') if the
+-- enclosing IO operation returns before it has completed.  Consider
+-- the case when the first 'wait' throws an exception; then the second
+-- 'Async' will be automatically killed rather than being left to run
+-- in the background, possibly indefinitely.  This is the second way
+-- that the library provides additional safety: using 'withAsync'
+-- means we can avoid accidentally leaving threads running.
+-- Furthermore, 'withAsync' allows a tree of threads to be built, such
+-- that children are automatically killed if their parents die for any
+-- reason.
+--
+-- The pattern of performing two IO actions concurrently and waiting
+-- for their results is packaged up in a combinator 'concurrently', so
+-- we can further shorten the above example to:
+--
+-- >       (page1, page2) <- concurrently (getURL url1) (getURL url2)
+-- >       ...
+--
+-- The 'Functor' instance can be used to change the result of an
+-- 'Async'.  For example:
+--
+-- > ghci> a <- async (return 3)
+-- > ghci> wait a
+-- > 3
+-- > ghci> wait (fmap (+1) a)
+-- > 4
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+module Control.Concurrent.Async (
+
+    -- * Asynchronous actions
+    Async,
+    -- ** Spawning
+    async, asyncBound, asyncOn, asyncWithUnmask, asyncOnWithUnmask,
+
+    -- ** Spawning with automatic 'cancel'ation
+    withAsync, withAsyncBound, withAsyncOn, withAsyncWithUnmask,
+    withAsyncOnWithUnmask,
+
+    -- ** Querying 'Async's
+    wait, poll, waitCatch, asyncThreadId,
+    cancel, uninterruptibleCancel, cancelWith, AsyncCancelled(..),
+
+    -- ** STM operations
+    waitSTM, pollSTM, waitCatchSTM,
+
+    -- ** Waiting for multiple 'Async's
+    waitAny, waitAnyCatch, waitAnyCancel, waitAnyCatchCancel,
+    waitEither, waitEitherCatch, waitEitherCancel, waitEitherCatchCancel,
+    waitEither_,
+    waitBoth,
+
+    -- ** Waiting for multiple 'Async's in STM
+    waitAnySTM, waitAnyCatchSTM,
+    waitEitherSTM, waitEitherCatchSTM,
+    waitEitherSTM_,
+    waitBothSTM,
+
+    -- ** Linking
+    link, link2, ExceptionInLinkedThread(..),
+
+    -- * Convenient utilities
+    race, race_,
+    concurrently, concurrently_,
+    mapConcurrently, forConcurrently,
+    mapConcurrently_, forConcurrently_,
+    replicateConcurrently, replicateConcurrently_,
+    Concurrently(..),
+    compareAsyncs,
+
+  ) where
+
+import Control.Concurrent.STM
+import Control.Exception
+import Control.Concurrent
+import qualified Data.Foldable as F
+#if !MIN_VERSION_base(4,6,0)
+import Prelude hiding (catch)
+#endif
+import Control.Monad
+import Control.Applicative
+#if !MIN_VERSION_base(4,8,0)
+import Data.Monoid (Monoid(mempty,mappend))
+import Data.Traversable
+#endif
+#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ < 710
+import Data.Typeable
+#endif
+#if MIN_VERSION_base(4,9,0)
+import Data.Semigroup (Semigroup((<>)))
+#endif
+
+import Data.IORef
+
+import GHC.Exts
+import GHC.IO hiding (finally, onException)
+import GHC.Conc
+
+-- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- STM Async API
+
+
+-- | An asynchronous action spawned by 'async' or 'withAsync'.
+-- Asynchronous actions are executed in a separate thread, and
+-- operations are provided for waiting for asynchronous actions to
+-- complete and obtaining their results (see e.g. 'wait').
+--
+data Async a = Async
+  { asyncThreadId :: {-# UNPACK #-} !ThreadId
+                  -- ^ Returns the 'ThreadId' of the thread running
+                  -- the given 'Async'.
+  , _asyncWait    :: STM (Either SomeException a)
+  }
+
+instance Eq (Async a) where
+  Async a _ == Async b _  =  a == b
+
+instance Ord (Async a) where
+  Async a _ `compare` Async b _  =  a `compare` b
+
+instance Functor Async where
+  fmap f (Async a w) = Async a (fmap (fmap f) w)
+
+-- | Compare two 'Async's that may have different types
+compareAsyncs :: Async a -> Async b -> Ordering
+compareAsyncs (Async t1 _) (Async t2 _) = compare t1 t2
+
+-- | Spawn an asynchronous action in a separate thread.
+async :: IO a -> IO (Async a)
+async = inline asyncUsing rawForkIO
+
+-- | Like 'async' but using 'forkOS' internally.
+asyncBound :: IO a -> IO (Async a)
+asyncBound = asyncUsing forkOS
+
+-- | Like 'async' but using 'forkOn' internally.
+asyncOn :: Int -> IO a -> IO (Async a)
+asyncOn = asyncUsing . rawForkOn
+
+-- | Like 'async' but using 'forkIOWithUnmask' internally.  The child
+-- thread is passed a function that can be used to unmask asynchronous
+-- exceptions.
+asyncWithUnmask :: ((forall b . IO b -> IO b) -> IO a) -> IO (Async a)
+asyncWithUnmask actionWith = asyncUsing rawForkIO (actionWith unsafeUnmask)
+
+-- | Like 'asyncOn' but using 'forkOnWithUnmask' internally.  The
+-- child thread is passed a function that can be used to unmask
+-- asynchronous exceptions.
+asyncOnWithUnmask :: Int -> ((forall b . IO b -> IO b) -> IO a) -> IO (Async a)
+asyncOnWithUnmask cpu actionWith =
+  asyncUsing (rawForkOn cpu) (actionWith unsafeUnmask)
+
+asyncUsing :: (IO () -> IO ThreadId)
+           -> IO a -> IO (Async a)
+asyncUsing doFork = \action -> do
+   var <- newEmptyTMVarIO
+   -- t <- forkFinally action (\r -> atomically $ putTMVar var r)
+   -- slightly faster:
+   t <- mask $ \restore ->
+          doFork $ try (restore action) >>= atomically . putTMVar var
+   return (Async t (readTMVar var))
+
+-- | Spawn an asynchronous action in a separate thread, and pass its
+-- @Async@ handle to the supplied function.  When the function returns
+-- or throws an exception, 'uninterruptibleCancel' is called on the @Async@.
+--
+-- > withAsync action inner = mask $ \restore -> do
+-- >   a <- async (restore action)
+-- >   restore inner `finally` uninterruptibleCancel a
+--
+-- This is a useful variant of 'async' that ensures an @Async@ is
+-- never left running unintentionally.
+--
+-- Note: a reference to the child thread is kept alive until the call
+-- to `withAsync` returns, so nesting many `withAsync` calls requires
+-- linear memory.
+--
+withAsync :: IO a -> (Async a -> IO b) -> IO b
+withAsync = inline withAsyncUsing rawForkIO
+
+-- | Like 'withAsync' but uses 'forkOS' internally.
+withAsyncBound :: IO a -> (Async a -> IO b) -> IO b
+withAsyncBound = withAsyncUsing forkOS
+
+-- | Like 'withAsync' but uses 'forkOn' internally.
+withAsyncOn :: Int -> IO a -> (Async a -> IO b) -> IO b
+withAsyncOn = withAsyncUsing . rawForkOn
+
+-- | Like 'withAsync' but uses 'forkIOWithUnmask' internally.  The
+-- child thread is passed a function that can be used to unmask
+-- asynchronous exceptions.
+withAsyncWithUnmask
+  :: ((forall c. IO c -> IO c) -> IO a) -> (Async a -> IO b) -> IO b
+withAsyncWithUnmask actionWith =
+  withAsyncUsing rawForkIO (actionWith unsafeUnmask)
+
+-- | Like 'withAsyncOn' but uses 'forkOnWithUnmask' internally.  The
+-- child thread is passed a function that can be used to unmask
+-- asynchronous exceptions
+withAsyncOnWithUnmask
+  :: Int -> ((forall c. IO c -> IO c) -> IO a) -> (Async a -> IO b) -> IO b
+withAsyncOnWithUnmask cpu actionWith =
+  withAsyncUsing (rawForkOn cpu) (actionWith unsafeUnmask)
+
+withAsyncUsing :: (IO () -> IO ThreadId)
+               -> IO a -> (Async a -> IO b) -> IO b
+-- The bracket version works, but is slow.  We can do better by
+-- hand-coding it:
+withAsyncUsing doFork = \action inner -> do
+  var <- newEmptyTMVarIO
+  mask $ \restore -> do
+    t <- doFork $ try (restore action) >>= atomically . putTMVar var
+    let a = Async t (readTMVar var)
+    r <- restore (inner a) `catchAll` \e -> do
+      uninterruptibleCancel a
+      throwIO e
+    uninterruptibleCancel a
+    return r
+
+-- | Wait for an asynchronous action to complete, and return its
+-- value.  If the asynchronous action threw an exception, then the
+-- exception is re-thrown by 'wait'.
+--
+-- > wait = atomically . waitSTM
+--
+{-# INLINE wait #-}
+wait :: Async a -> IO a
+wait = atomically . waitSTM
+
+-- | Wait for an asynchronous action to complete, and return either
+-- @Left e@ if the action raised an exception @e@, or @Right a@ if it
+-- returned a value @a@.
+--
+-- > waitCatch = atomically . waitCatchSTM
+--
+{-# INLINE waitCatch #-}
+waitCatch :: Async a -> IO (Either SomeException a)
+waitCatch = tryAgain . atomically . waitCatchSTM
+  where
+    -- See: https://github.com/simonmar/async/issues/14
+    tryAgain f = f `catch` \BlockedIndefinitelyOnSTM -> f
+
+-- | Check whether an 'Async' has completed yet.  If it has not
+-- completed yet, then the result is @Nothing@, otherwise the result
+-- is @Just e@ where @e@ is @Left x@ if the @Async@ raised an
+-- exception @x@, or @Right a@ if it returned a value @a@.
+--
+-- > poll = atomically . pollSTM
+--
+{-# INLINE poll #-}
+poll :: Async a -> IO (Maybe (Either SomeException a))
+poll = atomically . pollSTM
+
+-- | A version of 'wait' that can be used inside an STM transaction.
+--
+waitSTM :: Async a -> STM a
+waitSTM a = do
+   r <- waitCatchSTM a
+   either throwSTM return r
+
+-- | A version of 'waitCatch' that can be used inside an STM transaction.
+--
+{-# INLINE waitCatchSTM #-}
+waitCatchSTM :: Async a -> STM (Either SomeException a)
+waitCatchSTM (Async _ w) = w
+
+-- | A version of 'poll' that can be used inside an STM transaction.
+--
+{-# INLINE pollSTM #-}
+pollSTM :: Async a -> STM (Maybe (Either SomeException a))
+pollSTM (Async _ w) = (Just <$> w) `orElse` return Nothing
+
+-- | Cancel an asynchronous action by throwing the @AsyncCancelled@
+-- exception to it, and waiting for the `Async` thread to quit.
+-- Has no effect if the 'Async' has already completed.
+--
+-- > cancel a = throwTo (asyncThreadId a) AsyncCancelled <* waitCatch a
+--
+-- Note that 'cancel' will not terminate until the thread the 'Async'
+-- refers to has terminated. This means that 'cancel' will block for
+-- as long said thread blocks when receiving an asynchronous exception.
+--
+-- For example, it could block if:
+--
+-- * It's executing a foreign call, and thus cannot receive the asynchronous
+-- exception;
+-- * It's executing some cleanup handler after having received the exception,
+-- and the handler is blocking.
+{-# INLINE cancel #-}
+cancel :: Async a -> IO ()
+cancel a@(Async t _) = throwTo t AsyncCancelled <* waitCatch a
+
+-- | The exception thrown by `cancel` to terminate a thread.
+data AsyncCancelled = AsyncCancelled
+  deriving (Show, Eq
+#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ < 710
+    ,Typeable
+#endif
+    )
+
+instance Exception AsyncCancelled where
+#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 708
+  fromException = asyncExceptionFromException
+  toException = asyncExceptionToException
+#endif
+
+-- | Cancel an asynchronous action
+--
+-- This is a variant of `cancel`, but it is not interruptible.
+{-# INLINE uninterruptibleCancel #-}
+uninterruptibleCancel :: Async a -> IO ()
+uninterruptibleCancel = uninterruptibleMask_ . cancel
+
+-- | Cancel an asynchronous action by throwing the supplied exception
+-- to it.
+--
+-- > cancelWith a x = throwTo (asyncThreadId a) x
+--
+-- The notes about the synchronous nature of 'cancel' also apply to
+-- 'cancelWith'.
+cancelWith :: Exception e => Async a -> e -> IO ()
+cancelWith a@(Async t _) e = throwTo t e <* waitCatch a
+
+-- | Wait for any of the supplied asynchronous operations to complete.
+-- The value returned is a pair of the 'Async' that completed, and the
+-- result that would be returned by 'wait' on that 'Async'.
+--
+-- If multiple 'Async's complete or have completed, then the value
+-- returned corresponds to the first completed 'Async' in the list.
+--
+{-# INLINE waitAnyCatch #-}
+waitAnyCatch :: [Async a] -> IO (Async a, Either SomeException a)
+waitAnyCatch = atomically . waitAnyCatchSTM
+
+-- | A version of 'waitAnyCatch' that can be used inside an STM transaction.
+--
+-- @since 2.1.0
+waitAnyCatchSTM :: [Async a] -> STM (Async a, Either SomeException a)
+waitAnyCatchSTM asyncs =
+    foldr orElse retry $
+      map (\a -> do r <- waitCatchSTM a; return (a, r)) asyncs
+
+-- | Like 'waitAnyCatch', but also cancels the other asynchronous
+-- operations as soon as one has completed.
+--
+waitAnyCatchCancel :: [Async a] -> IO (Async a, Either SomeException a)
+waitAnyCatchCancel asyncs =
+  waitAnyCatch asyncs `finally` mapM_ cancel asyncs
+
+-- | Wait for any of the supplied @Async@s to complete.  If the first
+-- to complete throws an exception, then that exception is re-thrown
+-- by 'waitAny'.
+--
+-- If multiple 'Async's complete or have completed, then the value
+-- returned corresponds to the first completed 'Async' in the list.
+--
+{-# INLINE waitAny #-}
+waitAny :: [Async a] -> IO (Async a, a)
+waitAny = atomically . waitAnySTM
+
+-- | A version of 'waitAny' that can be used inside an STM transaction.
+--
+-- @since 2.1.0
+waitAnySTM :: [Async a] -> STM (Async a, a)
+waitAnySTM asyncs =
+    foldr orElse retry $
+      map (\a -> do r <- waitSTM a; return (a, r)) asyncs
+
+-- | Like 'waitAny', but also cancels the other asynchronous
+-- operations as soon as one has completed.
+--
+waitAnyCancel :: [Async a] -> IO (Async a, a)
+waitAnyCancel asyncs =
+  waitAny asyncs `finally` mapM_ cancel asyncs
+
+-- | Wait for the first of two @Async@s to finish.
+{-# INLINE waitEitherCatch #-}
+waitEitherCatch :: Async a -> Async b
+                -> IO (Either (Either SomeException a)
+                              (Either SomeException b))
+waitEitherCatch left right =
+  tryAgain $ atomically (waitEitherCatchSTM left right)
+  where
+    -- See: https://github.com/simonmar/async/issues/14
+    tryAgain f = f `catch` \BlockedIndefinitelyOnSTM -> f
+
+-- | A version of 'waitEitherCatch' that can be used inside an STM transaction.
+--
+-- @since 2.1.0
+waitEitherCatchSTM :: Async a -> Async b
+                -> STM (Either (Either SomeException a)
+                               (Either SomeException b))
+waitEitherCatchSTM left right =
+    (Left  <$> waitCatchSTM left)
+      `orElse`
+    (Right <$> waitCatchSTM right)
+
+-- | Like 'waitEitherCatch', but also 'cancel's both @Async@s before
+-- returning.
+--
+waitEitherCatchCancel :: Async a -> Async b
+                      -> IO (Either (Either SomeException a)
+                                    (Either SomeException b))
+waitEitherCatchCancel left right =
+  waitEitherCatch left right `finally` (cancel left >> cancel right)
+
+-- | Wait for the first of two @Async@s to finish.  If the @Async@
+-- that finished first raised an exception, then the exception is
+-- re-thrown by 'waitEither'.
+--
+{-# INLINE waitEither #-}
+waitEither :: Async a -> Async b -> IO (Either a b)
+waitEither left right = atomically (waitEitherSTM left right)
+
+-- | A version of 'waitEither' that can be used inside an STM transaction.
+--
+-- @since 2.1.0
+waitEitherSTM :: Async a -> Async b -> STM (Either a b)
+waitEitherSTM left right =
+    (Left  <$> waitSTM left)
+      `orElse`
+    (Right <$> waitSTM right)
+
+-- | Like 'waitEither', but the result is ignored.
+--
+{-# INLINE waitEither_ #-}
+waitEither_ :: Async a -> Async b -> IO ()
+waitEither_ left right = atomically (waitEitherSTM_ left right)
+
+-- | A version of 'waitEither_' that can be used inside an STM transaction.
+--
+-- @since 2.1.0
+waitEitherSTM_:: Async a -> Async b -> STM ()
+waitEitherSTM_ left right =
+    (void $ waitSTM left)
+      `orElse`
+    (void $ waitSTM right)
+
+-- | Like 'waitEither', but also 'cancel's both @Async@s before
+-- returning.
+--
+waitEitherCancel :: Async a -> Async b -> IO (Either a b)
+waitEitherCancel left right =
+  waitEither left right `finally` (cancel left >> cancel right)
+
+-- | Waits for both @Async@s to finish, but if either of them throws
+-- an exception before they have both finished, then the exception is
+-- re-thrown by 'waitBoth'.
+--
+{-# INLINE waitBoth #-}
+waitBoth :: Async a -> Async b -> IO (a,b)
+waitBoth left right = atomically (waitBothSTM left right)
+
+-- | A version of 'waitBoth' that can be used inside an STM transaction.
+--
+-- @since 2.1.0
+waitBothSTM :: Async a -> Async b -> STM (a,b)
+waitBothSTM left right = do
+    a <- waitSTM left
+           `orElse`
+         (waitSTM right >> retry)
+    b <- waitSTM right
+    return (a,b)
+
+
+-- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Linking threads
+
+data ExceptionInLinkedThread =
+  forall a . ExceptionInLinkedThread (Async a) SomeException
+#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ < 710
+  deriving Typeable
+#endif
+
+instance Show ExceptionInLinkedThread where
+  show (ExceptionInLinkedThread (Async t _) e) =
+    "ExceptionInLinkedThread " ++ show t ++ " " ++ show e
+
+instance Exception ExceptionInLinkedThread where
+#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 708
+  fromException = asyncExceptionFromException
+  toException = asyncExceptionToException
+#endif
+
+-- | Link the given @Async@ to the current thread, such that if the
+-- @Async@ raises an exception, that exception will be re-thrown in
+-- the current thread, wrapped in 'ExceptionInLinkedThread'.
+--
+-- 'link' ignores 'AsyncCancelled' exceptions thrown in the other thread,
+-- so that it's safe to 'cancel' a thread you're linked to.  If you want
+-- different behaviour, use 'linkOnly'.
+--
+link :: Async a -> IO ()
+link = linkOnly (not . isCancel)
+
+-- | Link the given @Async@ to the current thread, such that if the
+-- @Async@ raises an exception, that exception will be re-thrown in
+-- the current thread.  The supplied predicate determines which
+-- exceptions in the target thread should be propagated to the source
+-- thread.
+--
+linkOnly
+  :: (SomeException -> Bool)  -- ^ return 'True' if the exception
+                              -- should be propagated, 'False'
+                              -- otherwise.
+  -> Async a
+  -> IO ()
+linkOnly shouldThrow a = do
+  me <- myThreadId
+  void $ forkRepeat $ do
+    r <- waitCatch a
+    case r of
+      Left e | shouldThrow e -> throwTo me (ExceptionInLinkedThread a e)
+      _otherwise -> return ()
+
+-- | Link two @Async@s together, such that if either raises an
+-- exception, the same exception is re-thrown in the other @Async@,
+-- wrapped in 'ExceptionInLinkedThread'.
+--
+-- 'link2' ignores 'AsyncCancelled' exceptions, so that it's possible
+-- to 'cancel' either thread without cancelling the other.  If you
+-- want different behaviour, use 'link2Only'.
+--
+link2 :: Async a -> Async b -> IO ()
+link2 = link2Only (not . isCancel)
+
+link2Only :: (SomeException -> Bool) -> Async a -> Async b -> IO ()
+link2Only shouldThrow left@(Async tl _)  right@(Async tr _) =
+  void $ forkRepeat $ do
+    r <- waitEitherCatch left right
+    case r of
+      Left  (Left e) | shouldThrow e ->
+        throwTo tr (ExceptionInLinkedThread left e)
+      Right (Left e) | shouldThrow e ->
+        throwTo tl (ExceptionInLinkedThread right e)
+      _ -> return ()
+
+isCancel :: SomeException -> Bool
+isCancel e
+  | Just AsyncCancelled <- fromException e = True
+  | otherwise = False
+
+
+-- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-- | Run two @IO@ actions concurrently, and return the first to
+-- finish.  The loser of the race is 'cancel'led.
+--
+-- > race left right =
+-- >   withAsync left $ \a ->
+-- >   withAsync right $ \b ->
+-- >   waitEither a b
+--
+race :: IO a -> IO b -> IO (Either a b)
+
+-- | Like 'race', but the result is ignored.
+--
+race_ :: IO a -> IO b -> IO ()
+
+-- | Run two @IO@ actions concurrently, and return both results.  If
+-- either action throws an exception at any time, then the other
+-- action is 'cancel'led, and the exception is re-thrown by
+-- 'concurrently'.
+--
+-- > concurrently left right =
+-- >   withAsync left $ \a ->
+-- >   withAsync right $ \b ->
+-- >   waitBoth a b
+concurrently :: IO a -> IO b -> IO (a,b)
+
+#define USE_ASYNC_VERSIONS 0
+
+#if USE_ASYNC_VERSIONS
+
+race left right =
+  withAsync left $ \a ->
+  withAsync right $ \b ->
+  waitEither a b
+
+race_ left right =
+  withAsync left $ \a ->
+  withAsync right $ \b ->
+  waitEither_ a b
+
+concurrently left right =
+  withAsync left $ \a ->
+  withAsync right $ \b ->
+  waitBoth a b
+
+#else
+
+-- MVar versions of race/concurrently
+-- More ugly than the Async versions, but quite a bit faster.
+
+-- race :: IO a -> IO b -> IO (Either a b)
+race left right = concurrently' left right collect
+  where
+    collect m = do
+        e <- m
+        case e of
+            Left ex -> throwIO ex
+            Right r -> return r
+
+-- race_ :: IO a -> IO b -> IO ()
+race_ left right = void $ race left right
+
+-- concurrently :: IO a -> IO b -> IO (a,b)
+concurrently left right = concurrently' left right (collect [])
+  where
+    collect [Left a, Right b] _ = return (a,b)
+    collect [Right b, Left a] _ = return (a,b)
+    collect xs m = do
+        e <- m
+        case e of
+            Left ex -> throwIO ex
+            Right r -> collect (r:xs) m
+
+concurrently' :: IO a -> IO b
+             -> (IO (Either SomeException (Either a b)) -> IO r)
+             -> IO r
+concurrently' left right collect = do
+    done <- newEmptyMVar
+    mask $ \restore -> do
+        -- Note: uninterruptibleMask here is because we must not allow
+        -- the putMVar in the exception handler to be interrupted,
+        -- otherwise the parent thread will deadlock when it waits for
+        -- the thread to terminate.
+        lid <- forkIO $ uninterruptibleMask_ $
+          restore (left >>= putMVar done . Right . Left)
+            `catchAll` (putMVar done . Left)
+        rid <- forkIO $ uninterruptibleMask_ $
+          restore (right >>= putMVar done . Right . Right)
+            `catchAll` (putMVar done . Left)
+
+        count <- newIORef (2 :: Int)
+        let takeDone = do
+                r <- takeMVar done      -- interruptible
+                -- Decrement the counter so we know how many takes are left.
+                -- Since only the parent thread is calling this, we can
+                -- use non-atomic modifications.
+                -- NB. do this *after* takeMVar, because takeMVar might be
+                -- interrupted.
+                modifyIORef count (subtract 1)
+                return r
+
+        let tryAgain f = f `catch` \BlockedIndefinitelyOnMVar -> f
+
+            stop = do
+                -- kill right before left, to match the semantics of
+                -- the version using withAsync. (#27)
+                uninterruptibleMask_ $ do
+                  count' <- readIORef count
+                  -- we only need to use killThread if there are still
+                  -- children alive.  Note: forkIO here is because the
+                  -- child thread could be in an uninterruptible
+                  -- putMVar.
+                  when (count' > 0) $
+                    void $ forkIO $ do
+                      throwTo rid AsyncCancelled
+                      throwTo lid AsyncCancelled
+                  -- ensure the children are really dead
+                  replicateM_ count' (tryAgain $ takeMVar done)
+
+        r <- collect (tryAgain $ takeDone) `onException` stop
+        stop
+        return r
+
+#endif
+
+-- | maps an @IO@-performing function over any @Traversable@ data
+-- type, performing all the @IO@ actions concurrently, and returning
+-- the original data structure with the arguments replaced by the
+-- results.
+--
+-- If any of the actions throw an exception, then all other actions are
+-- cancelled and the exception is re-thrown.
+--
+-- For example, @mapConcurrently@ works with lists:
+--
+-- > pages <- mapConcurrently getURL ["url1", "url2", "url3"]
+--
+mapConcurrently :: Traversable t => (a -> IO b) -> t a -> IO (t b)
+mapConcurrently f = runConcurrently . traverse (Concurrently . f)
+
+-- | `forConcurrently` is `mapConcurrently` with its arguments flipped
+--
+-- > pages <- forConcurrently ["url1", "url2", "url3"] $ \url -> getURL url
+--
+-- @since 2.1.0
+forConcurrently :: Traversable t => t a -> (a -> IO b) -> IO (t b)
+forConcurrently = flip mapConcurrently
+
+-- | `mapConcurrently_` is `mapConcurrently` with the return value discarded,
+-- just like @mapM_
+mapConcurrently_ :: F.Foldable f => (a -> IO b) -> f a -> IO ()
+mapConcurrently_ f = runConcurrently . F.foldMap (Concurrently . void . f)
+
+-- | `forConcurrently_` is `forConcurrently` with the return value discarded,
+-- just like @forM_
+forConcurrently_ :: F.Foldable f => f a -> (a -> IO b) -> IO ()
+forConcurrently_ = flip mapConcurrently_
+
+-- | 'concurrently', but ignore the result values
+--
+-- @since 2.1.1
+concurrently_ :: IO a -> IO b -> IO ()
+concurrently_ left right = concurrently' left right (collect 0)
+  where
+    collect 2 _ = return ()
+    collect i m = do
+        e <- m
+        case e of
+            Left ex -> throwIO ex
+            Right _ -> collect (i + 1 :: Int) m
+
+-- | Perform the action in the given number of threads.
+--
+-- @since 2.1.1
+replicateConcurrently :: Int -> IO a -> IO [a]
+replicateConcurrently cnt = runConcurrently . sequenceA . replicate cnt . Concurrently
+
+-- | Same as 'replicateConcurrently', but ignore the results.
+--
+-- @since 2.1.1
+replicateConcurrently_ :: Int -> IO a -> IO ()
+replicateConcurrently_ cnt = runConcurrently . F.fold . replicate cnt . Concurrently . void
+
+-- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-- | A value of type @Concurrently a@ is an @IO@ operation that can be
+-- composed with other @Concurrently@ values, using the @Applicative@
+-- and @Alternative@ instances.
+--
+-- Calling @runConcurrently@ on a value of type @Concurrently a@ will
+-- execute the @IO@ operations it contains concurrently, before
+-- delivering the result of type @a@.
+--
+-- For example
+--
+-- > (page1, page2, page3)
+-- >     <- runConcurrently $ (,,)
+-- >     <$> Concurrently (getURL "url1")
+-- >     <*> Concurrently (getURL "url2")
+-- >     <*> Concurrently (getURL "url3")
+--
+newtype Concurrently a = Concurrently { runConcurrently :: IO a }
+
+instance Functor Concurrently where
+  fmap f (Concurrently a) = Concurrently $ f <$> a
+
+instance Applicative Concurrently where
+  pure = Concurrently . return
+  Concurrently fs <*> Concurrently as =
+    Concurrently $ (\(f, a) -> f a) <$> concurrently fs as
+
+instance Alternative Concurrently where
+  empty = Concurrently $ forever (threadDelay maxBound)
+  Concurrently as <|> Concurrently bs =
+    Concurrently $ either id id <$> race as bs
+
+#if MIN_VERSION_base(4,9,0)
+-- | Only defined by @async@ for @base >= 4.9@
+--
+-- @since 2.1.0
+instance Semigroup a => Semigroup (Concurrently a) where
+  (<>) = liftA2 (<>)
+
+-- | @since 2.1.0
+instance (Semigroup a, Monoid a) => Monoid (Concurrently a) where
+  mempty = pure mempty
+  mappend = (<>)
+#else
+-- | @since 2.1.0
+instance Monoid a => Monoid (Concurrently a) where
+  mempty = pure mempty
+  mappend = liftA2 mappend
+#endif
+
+-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-- | Fork a thread that runs the supplied action, and if it raises an
+-- exception, re-runs the action.  The thread terminates only when the
+-- action runs to completion without raising an exception.
+forkRepeat :: IO a -> IO ThreadId
+forkRepeat action =
+  mask $ \restore ->
+    let go = do r <- tryAll (restore action)
+                case r of
+                  Left _ -> go
+                  _      -> return ()
+    in forkIO go
+
+catchAll :: IO a -> (SomeException -> IO a) -> IO a
+catchAll = catch
+
+tryAll :: IO a -> IO (Either SomeException a)
+tryAll = try
+
+-- A version of forkIO that does not include the outer exception
+-- handler: saves a bit of time when we will be installing our own
+-- exception handler.
+{-# INLINE rawForkIO #-}
+rawForkIO :: IO () -> IO ThreadId
+rawForkIO action = IO $ \ s ->
+   case (fork# action s) of (# s1, tid #) -> (# s1, ThreadId tid #)
+
+{-# INLINE rawForkOn #-}
+rawForkOn :: Int -> IO () -> IO ThreadId
+rawForkOn (I# cpu) action = IO $ \ s ->
+   case (forkOn# cpu action s) of (# s1, tid #) -> (# s1, ThreadId tid #)
