[GHC] #1936: When lazy IO blocks, it blocks the whole runtime

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#1936: When lazy IO blocks, it blocks the whole runtime
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 Reporter:  guest                         |          Owner:          
     Type:  bug                           |         Status:  new     
 Priority:  normal                        |      Milestone:  6.8.3   
Component:  None                          |        Version:  6.8.1   
 Severity:  normal                        |     Resolution:          
 Keywords:  lazy IO getContents blocking  |     Difficulty:  Unknown 
 Testcase:                                |   Architecture:  Multiple
       Os:  Linux                         |  
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Changes (by igloo):

  * milestone:  => 6.8.3

Comment:

 I have a vague memory that something similar was caused by one function
 (here getContents) taking a lock on a Handle (I think stdin and stdout
 might be a single handle for this purpose), so another function (here
 putStrLn) can't get a lock on it. Might be worth searching out the old bug
 report (not sure if it would be closed or not, and it's possible it was
 only a list discussion or something).

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1936#comment:7>
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