[GHC] #3257: System.Exit.exitWith exits current thread, not program

[GHC]

#3257: System.Exit.exitWith exits current thread, not program
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    Reporter:  Bart Massey        |        Owner:  simonmar        
        Type:  bug                |       Status:  closed          
    Priority:  normal             |    Milestone:  6.12.1          
   Component:  libraries (other)  |      Version:  6.10.1          
    Severity:  minor              |   Resolution:  fixed           
    Keywords:                     |   Difficulty:  Unknown         
    Testcase:                     |           Os:  Unknown/Multiple
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple   |  
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Changes (by simonmar):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => fixed
  * milestone:  => 6.12.1

Comment:

 Fixed:

 {{{
 Thu May 28 05:37:38 PDT 2009  Simon Marlow <marlowsd at gmail.com>
   * Fix #3257: document that exitWith in a forkIO'd thread does not exit
 the process
 }}}

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