ThreadId gripe

[Esa Ilari Vuokko]

On 8/22/06, Frederik Eaton <frederik at a5.repetae.net> wrote:
> The 'Show' instance for ThreadId produces stuff like "ThreadId 1" -
> not very concise. Is there an simple way to turn it into an Int or
> Integer so I can call 'show' on that? Usually ThreadId's are turned
> into strings for the purpose of logging, in which case one really only
> wants the numeric part.

With GHC, you can do it the same way as it's done in base lib (maybe
not the simple you'd like, and might break between versions):
http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/base/GHC/Conc.lhs

I do agree that the "ThreadId " part isn't that usefull.  Attached the trivial
patch to remove it from the Show instance, in case others agree.

Best regards,
--Esa
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