[GHC] #4343: Add throwSTM and generalize catchSTM

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#4343: Add throwSTM and generalize catchSTM
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  Reporter:  basvandijk         |          Owner:                                                           
      Type:  proposal           |         Status:  closed                                                   
  Priority:  normal             |      Milestone:                                                           
 Component:  libraries (other)  |        Version:  7.1                                                      
Resolution:  fixed              |       Keywords:  stm, exception, throw, throwIO, throwSTM, catch, catchSTM
  Testcase:                     |      Blockedby:                                                           
Difficulty:                     |             Os:  Unknown/Multiple                                         
  Blocking:                     |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple                                         
   Failure:  None/Unknown       |  
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Changes (by simonmar):

  * status:  patch => closed
  * resolution:  => fixed


Comment:

 Applied, thanks!  I've also bumped the version of the stm package to
 2.2.0.0 since `catchSTM`'s type has changed, and I'll upload a new version
 to Hackage.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/4343#comment:3>
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