On 12/4/07, Simon Marlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> do
> x <- newIVar
> let y = readIVar x
> writeIVar x 3
> print y
>
> (I wrote the let to better illustrate the problem, of course you can inline
> y if you want). Now suppose the compiler decided to evaluate y before the
> writeIVar. What's to prevent it doing that?
Look at the translation:
newIVar >>= (\x -> let y = readIVar x in writeIVar x 3 >> print y)
y can't be floated out because it depends on x.
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Taral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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