On Friday 26 November 2004 14:12, Benjamin Franksen wrote: > I still can't see any reason why each single Haskell thread should have its > own searate dictionary. Contrary, since it is common to use forkIO quite > casually, and you expect your actions to do the same thing regardless of > which thread calls them, this would be disastrous. IMO GlobalVariables.hs > shouldn't be aware of threadIds at all.
I think I misunderstood your proposal (GlobalVariables.hs). It seems to do what I would expect, if your version of forkIO is used. I thought by inheriting the dictionary you meant working on a new copy, but it does in fact mean using the same dictionary. Sorry for the confusion. Ben _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
