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Control.Concurrent.STM.TChan
Portabilitynon-portable (requires STM)
Stabilityexperimental
Maintainerlibraries@haskell.org
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TChans
Description
TChan: Transactional channels
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
TChan is an abstract type representing an unbounded FIFO channel.
newTChan :: STM (TChan a)
Build and returns a new instance of TChan
newTChanIO :: IO (TChan a)
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
Read the next value from the TChan.
writeTChan :: TChan a -> a -> STM ()
Write a value to a TChan.
dupTChan :: TChan a -> STM (TChan a)
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 ()
Put a data item back onto a channel, where it will be the next item read.
isEmptyTChan :: TChan a -> STM Bool
Returns True if the supplied TChan is empty.
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