Proposal: add new forms of unsafePerformIO and unsafeInterleaveIO

[Stefan O'Rear]

On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 10:54:37AM +0000, Duncan Coutts wrote:
> This version of 'unsafePerformIO' is slightly more efficient, because it
> omits the check that the IO is only being performed by a single thread.
> Hence, when you write 'unsafeDupablePerformIO', there is a possibility
> that the IO action may be performed multiple times (on a
> multiprocessor), and you should therefore ensure that it gives the same
> results each time.
> 
> unsafeDupablePerformIO :: IO a -> a
> 
>         TODO: Actually, unsafeDupableInterleaveIO is not yet documented,
>         that will have to be fixed.
>         
> unsafeDupableInterleaveIO :: IO a -> IO a

I propose that unsafeDupablePerformIO be renamed to unsafePerformIO,
since it satisfies all of the properties guaranteed of unsafePerformIO.
GHC's unsafePerformIO guarantees more, and should be called
unsafePerformIOAtMostOnce or something.

Stefan
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