Copyright	(c) The University of Glasgow 2004
License	BSD-style (see the file libraries/base/LICENSE)
Maintainer	[email protected]
Stability	experimental
Portability	non-portable (requires STM)
Safe Haskell	Trustworthy
Language	Haskell2010

TMVars

data TMVar a Source

A TMVar is a synchronising variable, used for communication between concurrent threads. It can be thought of as a box, which may be empty or full.

newTMVar :: a -> STM (TMVar a) Source

Create a TMVar which contains the supplied value.

newEmptyTMVar :: STM (TMVar a) Source

Create a TMVar which is initially empty.

newTMVarIO :: a -> IO (TMVar a) Source

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

newEmptyTMVarIO :: IO (TMVar a) Source

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

takeTMVar :: TMVar a -> STM a Source

Return the contents of the TMVar. If the TMVar is currently empty, the transaction will retry. After a takeTMVar, the TMVar is left empty.

putTMVar :: TMVar a -> a -> STM () Source

Put a value into a TMVar. If the TMVar is currently full, putTMVar will retry.

readTMVar :: TMVar a -> STM a Source

This is a combination of takeTMVar and putTMVar; ie. it takes the value from the TMVar, puts it back, and also returns it.

tryReadTMVar :: TMVar a -> STM (Maybe a) Source

A version of readTMVar which does not retry. Instead it returns Nothing if no value is available.

Since: stm-2.3

swapTMVar :: TMVar a -> a -> STM a Source

Swap the contents of a TMVar for a new value.

tryTakeTMVar :: TMVar a -> STM (Maybe a) Source

A version of takeTMVar that does not retry. The tryTakeTMVar function returns Nothing if the TMVar was empty, or Just a if the TMVar was full with contents a. After tryTakeTMVar, the TMVar is left empty.

tryPutTMVar :: TMVar a -> a -> STM Bool Source

A version of putTMVar that does not retry. The tryPutTMVar function attempts to put the value a into the TMVar, returning True if it was successful, or False otherwise.

isEmptyTMVar :: TMVar a -> STM Bool Source

Check whether a given TMVar is empty.

mkWeakTMVar :: TMVar a -> IO () -> IO (Weak (TMVar a)) Source

Make a Weak pointer to a TMVar, using the second argument as a finalizer to run when the TMVar is garbage-collected.

Since: stm-2.4.4