unfork-1.0.0.0: unfork.cabal
cabal-version: 3.0
name: unfork
version: 1.0.0.0
category: Concurrency
synopsis: Make any action thread safe
description:
“Unfork” is the opposite of “fork”; whereas forking allows things to run concurrently, unforking prevents things from running concurrently. Use one of the functions in the "Unfork" module when you have an action that will be used by concurrent threads but needs to run serially.
A typical use case is a multi-threaded program that writes log messages. If threads use `putStrLn` directly, the strings may be interleaved in the combined output. Instead, create an unforked version of `putStrLn`:
> import Unfork
>
> main :: IO ()
> main =
> unforkAsyncIO_ putStrLn \putStrLn' ->
> _ -- Within this continuation, use
> -- putStrLn' instead of putStrLn
The new `putStrLn'` function writes to a queue. A separate thread reads from the queue and performs the actions, thus ensuring that the actions are all performed in one linear sequence. The main thread returns after the continuation has returned and the queue is empty. If an exception is raised in either thread, both threads halt and the exception is re-raised in the main thread.
copyright: 2022 Mission Valley Software LLC
license: Apache-2.0
license-file: license.txt
author: Chris Martin
maintainer: Chris Martin, Julie Moronuki
homepage: https://github.com/typeclasses/unfork
bug-reports: https://github.com/typeclasses/unfork/issues
build-type: Simple
source-repository head
type: git
location: git://github.com/typeclasses/unfork.git
common base
default-language: Haskell2010
default-extensions:
BlockArguments
ExistentialQuantification
NamedFieldPuns
ghc-options:
-Wall
build-depends:
async ^>= 2.2.2
, base ^>= 4.14 || ^>= 4.15 || ^>= 4.16
, safe-exceptions ^>= 0.1.7
, stm ^>= 2.5
library
import: base
exposed-modules:
Unfork
other-modules:
Unfork.Async.Core
Unfork.Async.FireAndForget.IO
Unfork.Async.FireAndForget.STM
Unfork.Async.WithResult.Future
Unfork.Async.WithResult.IO
Unfork.Async.WithResult.STM
Unfork.Async.WithResult.Task
Unfork.Sync