So something like newtype StablePtr a = StablePtr (StablePtrST RealWorld a)?
I suppose that could work with some discipline. You have to assume that foreign code doesn't pick its address out of a hat and so something silly, but I guess you pretty much have to assume that anyway. On Wed, Aug 21, 2019, 5:00 AM Matthew Farkas-Dyck <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been doing some work where i want `StablePtr`, but also to not > be confined to `IO`. I saw the following comment in > "compiler/prelude/PrimOp.hs": > > Question: Why @RealWorld@ - won't any instance of @_ST@ do the job? [ADR] > > It has been there for 20 years. What is the answer? If it is safe i'll > send the patch generalizing these operations. > _______________________________________________ > Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users >
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