#5238: throwSTM+catchSTM pollutes the masking state
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    Reporter:  mikhail.vorozhtsov  |        Owner:  simonmar    
        Type:  bug                 |       Status:  new         
    Priority:  high                |    Milestone:  7.2.1       
   Component:  Runtime System      |      Version:  7.1         
    Keywords:  stm                 |     Testcase:              
   Blockedby:                      |   Difficulty:              
          Os:  Unknown/Multiple    |     Blocking:              
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple    |      Failure:  None/Unknown
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Changes (by simonmar):

  * owner:  => simonmar
  * priority:  normal => high
  * milestone:  => 7.2.1


Comment:

 hmm, I can see where the bug is, but I need to think about what behaviour
 we want here.  Is it sensible for `catchSTM` to catch asynchronous
 exceptions, and to be able to mask inside STM?

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5238#comment:2>
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