finding ....

[Konst Sushenko]

Moved to haskell caf=E9

I do not have a code example, but how about a system that compiles =
different (and say independent) software projects in parallel, and which =
uses the same code to create temporary files needed for compilation?

konst

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Sankel [mailto:camio@yahoo.com]=20
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 6:38 PM
> To: Pixel; Lennart Augustsson
> Cc: haskell@haskell.org
> Subject: Re: finding ....
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> --- Pixel <pixel@mandrakesoft.com> wrote:
> > Lennart Augustsson <lennart@augustsson.net> writes:
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> > > > Diego Yanivello wrote:
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> > > > > hi,    is there (in Haskell) a function like =20
> >      existFile :: FilePath ->
> > > > > IO (Bool) ? Thanks!
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> > > Using such a function is generally a bad idea
> > because of race conditions.
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> > however, real world programs use those tests since
> > you don't need to care
> > *everytime* about race conditions. (of course using
> > this existFile before
> > creating a temporary file is wrong, but existFile
> > has *many* other
> > applications)
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> Could someone post an example of the creation of a
> temporary file where race conditions are important?
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> Thanks,
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> David J. Sankel
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