stm-2.1.1.0: Software Transactional Memory Source code Contents Index

Control.Concurrent.STM.TChan Portability non-portable (requires STM) Stability experimental Maintainer libraries@haskell.org

Contents TChans

Description

TChan: Transactional channels (GHC only)

Synopsis

data TChan a newTChan :: STM (TChan a) newTChanIO :: IO (TChan a) readTChan :: TChan a -> STM a writeTChan :: TChan a -> a -> STM () dupTChan :: TChan a -> STM (TChan a) unGetTChan :: TChan a -> a -> STM () isEmptyTChan :: TChan a -> STM Bool

TChans

data TChan a Source

TChan is an abstract type representing an unbounded FIFO channel.

newTChan :: STM (TChan a) Source

Build and returns a new instance of TChan

newTChanIO :: IO (TChan a) Source

IO version of newTChan. This is useful for creating top-level TChans using unsafePerformIO, because using atomically inside unsafePerformIO isn't possible.

readTChan :: TChan a -> STM a Source

Read the next value from the TChan.

writeTChan :: TChan a -> a -> STM () Source

Write a value to a TChan.

dupTChan :: TChan a -> STM (TChan a) Source

Duplicate a TChan: the duplicate channel begins empty, but data written to either channel from then on will be available from both. Hence this creates a kind of broadcast channel, where data written by anyone is seen by everyone else.

unGetTChan :: TChan a -> a -> STM () Source

Put a data item back onto a channel, where it will be the next item read.

isEmptyTChan :: TChan a -> STM Bool Source

Returns True if the supplied TChan is empty.

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