[xmonad] Re: Issue 197 in xmonad: Blocking on nextEvent stops other threads from running

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Comment #8 on issue 197 by nwfilardo: Blocking on nextEvent stops other  
threads from running
http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=197

As a counterpoint, if xmonad is spawning processes and wanting to respond  
to their deaths, there's not really a more convenient answer than forkOS  
getProcessStatus .  The "catch SIGCHLD and dispatch" answer is inconvenient  
since the signals take place in the IO monad, not the X monad.

Thoughts?