Repository : ssh://[email protected]/ghc

On branch  : master
Link       : 
http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/c1cbda598a6239fbc32b9ec04b4f7340487c4d53/ghc

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commit c1cbda598a6239fbc32b9ec04b4f7340487c4d53
Author: Ryan Newton <[email protected]>
Date:   Thu Sep 5 18:38:25 2013 -0400

    docs only: update the release notes with atomic primops


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c1cbda598a6239fbc32b9ec04b4f7340487c4d53
 docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml |   11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml b/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml
index 85d2f61..15bf82b 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml
@@ -147,6 +147,17 @@
 
         <listitem>
             <para> 
+                New PrimOps for atomic memory operations.
+                The <literal>casMutVar#</literal> PrimOp was introduced in
+                GHC 7.2 (debugged in 7.4).  This release also includes 
additional 
+                PrimOps for compare-and-swap (<literal>casArray#</literal> and 
+                <literal>casIntArray#</literal>) and one for fetch-and-add 
+                (<literal>fetchAddIntArray#</literal>).
+           </para>
+       </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+            <para>
                 TODO: mention dynamic changes
            </para>
        </listitem>


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