Control/Monad/ST.hs

{-# LANGUAGE Trustworthy #-}

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-- |
-- Module : Control.Monad.ST
-- Copyright : (c) The University of Glasgow 2001
-- License : BSD-style (see the file libraries/base/LICENSE)
--
-- Maintainer : libraries@haskell.org
-- Stability : experimental
-- Portability : non-portable (requires universal quantification for runST)
--
-- This library provides support for /strict/ state threads, as
-- described in the PLDI \'94 paper by John Launchbury and Simon Peyton
-- Jones /Lazy Functional State Threads/.
--
-- References (variables) that can be used within the @ST@ monad are
-- provided by "Data.STRef", and arrays are provided by
-- "Data.Array.ST".

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module Control.Monad.ST (
 -- * The 'ST' Monad
 ST, -- abstract, instance of Functor, Monad, Typeable.
 runST,
 fixST,

 -- * Converting 'ST' to 'IO'
 RealWorld, -- abstract
 stToIO,
 ) where

import Control.Monad.ST.Imp