Name: broadcast-chan
Version: 0.1.0
Homepage: https://github.com/merijn/broadcast-chan
Bug-Reports: https://github.com/merijn/broadcast-chan/issues
Author: Merijn Verstraaten
Maintainer: Merijn Verstraaten <merijn@inconsistent.nl>
Copyright: Copyright © 2014 Merijn Verstraaten
License: BSD3
License-File: LICENSE
Category: System
Cabal-Version: >= 1.10
Build-Type: Simple
Tested-With: GHC == 7.8.3
Synopsis: Broadcast channel type that avoids 0 reader space leaks.
Description:
A variation of "Control.Concurrent.Chan" from base, which allows to the
easy creation of broadcast channels without the space-leaks that may arise
from using 'Control.Concurrent.Chan.dupChan'.
The 'Control.Concurrent.Chan.Chan' type from "Control.Concurrent.Chan"
consists of both a read and write end. This presents a problem when one
wants to have a broadcast channel that, at times, has zero listeners. To
write to a 'Control.Concurrent.Chan.Chan' there must always be a read end
and this read end will hold ALL messages alive until read.
The simple solution applied in this module is to separate read and write
ends. As a result, any messages written to the write end can be immediately
garbage collected if there are no active read ends, avoding space leaks.
Library
Default-Language: Haskell2010
GHC-Options: -Wall -fno-warn-unused-do-bind
GHC-Prof-Options: -auto-all -caf-all -rtsopts
Exposed-Modules: Control.Concurrent.BroadcastChan
Build-Depends: base >= 4 && < 5
Source-Repository head
Type: mercurial
Location: https://bitbucket.org/merijnv/broadcast-chan
Source-Repository head
Type: mercurial
Location: git+ssh://github.com:merijn/broadcast-chan