[GHC] #7719: System.Timeout.timeout may leak <<timeout>> exceptions

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Tue Feb 26 01:17:59 CET 2013


#7719: System.Timeout.timeout may leak <<timeout>> exceptions
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Reporter:  int-e         |          Owner:                
    Type:  bug           |         Status:  new           
Priority:  normal        |      Component:  libraries/base
 Version:  7.7           |       Keywords:                
      Os:  Linux         |   Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)
 Failure:  None/Unknown  |      Blockedby:                
Blocking:                |        Related:                
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Comment(by int-e):

 For the record, I did a quick check, implementing my own {{{threadDelay}}}
 without {{{_mask}}}. I still get leaked {{{TimeOut}}} exceptions, even
 with a single capability, but much less reliably.

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