[ duh, hit send by mistake, message continues... ]
Chris Kuklewicz wrote:
> forkInheritIO :: IO () -> IO ThreadId -- inherits parent's
> block or unblock status
>
> forkBlockedIO :: IO () -> IO ThreadId -- starts the action in
> "block" mode. Must manually "unblock"
>
Either of these is certainly possible, and I agree that forkBlockedIO is more
generally useful than my forkCatchIO.
One tantalising possibility is that we could make forkIO have the forkInheritIO
behaviour without breaking much code, since I bet forkIO is almost never called
inside block.
Cheers,
Simon
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