[GHC] #14156: Document the thread wakeup/scheduling/fairness semantics for the STM primitives

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#14156: Document the thread wakeup/scheduling/fairness semantics for the STM
primitives
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        Reporter:  harendra          |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  libraries         |              Version:  8.2.1
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      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:  stm
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
 Type of failure:  Documentation     |  Unknown/Multiple
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Comment (by bgamari):

 I agree that the documentation should be more explicit about this. I
 suspect (bit am not certain) that the answer is that none of the
 primitives go guarantee fairness. Patches welcome (after confirmation, of
 course).

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