diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c)2012, Ivan Perez
+
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+      copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+      disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
+      with the distribution.
+
+    * Neither the name of Ivan Perez nor the names of other
+      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+      from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+"AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/keera-callbacks.cabal b/keera-callbacks.cabal
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+-- keera-callbacks.cabal auto-generated by cabal init. For additional
+-- options, see
+-- http://www.haskell.org/cabal/release/cabal-latest/doc/users-guide/authors.html#pkg-descr.
+-- The name of the package.
+Name:                keera-callbacks
+
+-- The package version. See the Haskell package versioning policy
+-- (http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Package_versioning_policy) for
+-- standards guiding when and how versions should be incremented.
+Version:             0.1
+
+-- A short (one-line) description of the package.
+Synopsis:            Mutable memory locations with callbacks
+
+-- A longer description of the package.
+Description:         Mutable memory locations with handlers that are executed when the
+                     shared values are modified.
+
+-- The license under which the package is released.
+License:             BSD3
+
+-- The file containing the license text.
+License-file:        LICENSE
+
+-- The package author(s).
+Author:              Ivan Perez
+
+-- An email address to which users can send suggestions, bug reports,
+-- and patches.
+Maintainer:          ivan.perez@keera.es
+
+-- A copyright notice.
+-- Copyright:           
+
+Category:            Concurrency
+
+Build-type:          Simple
+
+-- Extra files to be distributed with the package, such as examples or
+-- a README.
+-- Extra-source-files:  
+
+-- Constraint on the version of Cabal needed to build this package.
+Cabal-version:       >=1.2
+
+
+Library
+  -- Modules exported by the library.
+  Exposed-modules:     Data.CBRef
+                       Data.CBMVar
+  
+  -- Packages needed in order to build this package.
+  hs-source-dirs: src/
+
+  ghc-options: -Wall -fno-warn-unused-do-bind -O2
+
+  Build-depends: base >= 4.0 && < 5.0
+               , mtl
+  
+  -- Modules not exported by this package.
+  -- Other-modules:       
+  
+  -- Extra tools (e.g. alex, hsc2hs, ...) needed to build the source.
+  -- Build-tools:         
+  
diff --git a/src/Data/CBMVar.hs b/src/Data/CBMVar.hs
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+module Data.CBMVar
+   ( CBMVar
+   , newCBMVar
+   , readCBMVar
+   , writeCBMVar
+   , modifyCBMVar
+   , installCallbackCBMVar
+   )
+  where
+
+import Control.Concurrent.MVar
+
+data CBMVar a = CBMVar (MVar (a, [IO ()]))
+
+newCBMVar :: a -> IO (CBMVar a)
+newCBMVar v = fmap CBMVar $ newMVar (v,[])
+
+readCBMVar :: CBMVar a -> IO a
+readCBMVar (CBMVar ref) = fmap fst $ readMVar ref
+
+writeCBMVar :: CBMVar a -> a -> IO ()
+writeCBMVar (CBMVar ref) v = do
+  modifyMVar_ ref (\(_,cb) -> return (v,cb))
+  runCallbacks ref
+
+runCallbacks :: MVar (a, [IO ()]) -> IO ()
+runCallbacks ref = (sequence_.snd) =<< readMVar ref
+
+modifyCBMVar :: CBMVar a -> (a -> IO a) -> IO ()
+modifyCBMVar (CBMVar ref) f = do
+ modifyMVar_ ref (\(v,cb) -> f v >>= \v' -> return (v',cb))
+ runCallbacks ref
+
+installCallbackCBMVar :: CBMVar a -> IO () -> IO ()
+installCallbackCBMVar (CBMVar ref) p =
+  modifyMVar_ ref (\(v,cb) -> return (v,cb ++ [p]))
diff --git a/src/Data/CBRef.hs b/src/Data/CBRef.hs
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+module Data.CBRef
+   ( CBRef
+   , newCBRef
+   , readCBRef
+   , writeCBRef
+   , modifyCBRef
+   , atomicModifyCBRef
+   , installCallbackCBRef
+   )
+  where
+
+import Data.IORef
+
+data CBRef a = CBRef (IORef (a, [IO ()]))
+
+newCBRef :: a -> IO (CBRef a)
+newCBRef v = fmap CBRef $ newIORef (v,[])
+
+readCBRef :: CBRef a -> IO a
+readCBRef (CBRef ref) = fmap fst $ readIORef ref
+
+writeCBRef :: CBRef a -> a -> IO ()
+writeCBRef (CBRef ref) v = do
+  modifyIORef ref (\(_,cb) -> (v,cb))
+  runCallbacks ref
+
+runCallbacks :: IORef (a, [IO ()]) -> IO ()
+runCallbacks ref = (sequence_.snd) =<< readIORef ref
+
+modifyCBRef :: CBRef a -> (a -> a) -> IO ()
+modifyCBRef (CBRef ref) f = do
+ modifyIORef ref (\(v,cb) -> (f v,cb))
+ runCallbacks ref
+
+atomicModifyCBRef :: CBRef a -> (a -> (a, b)) -> IO b
+atomicModifyCBRef (CBRef ref) f = do
+  v <- atomicModifyIORef ref modifier
+  runCallbacks ref
+  return v
+ where modifier (v,cb) = let (v', r) = f v in ((v',cb), r)
+
+installCallbackCBRef :: CBRef a -> IO () -> IO ()
+installCallbackCBRef (CBRef ref) p =
+  modifyIORef ref (\(v,cb) -> (v,cb ++ [p]))
