Control/Monad/ST.hs

    {-# LANGUAGE Trustworthy #-}

    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- |
    -- Module      :  Control.Monad.ST
    -- Copyright   :  (c) The University of Glasgow 2001
    -- License     :  BSD-style (see the file libraries/base/LICENSE)
    --
    -- Maintainer  :  libraries@haskell.org
    -- Stability   :  experimental
    -- Portability :  non-portable (requires universal quantification for runST)
    --
    -- This library provides support for /strict/ state threads, as
    -- described in the PLDI \'94 paper by John Launchbury and Simon Peyton
    -- Jones /Lazy Functional State Threads/.
    --
    -- References (variables) that can be used within the @ST@ monad are
    -- provided by "Data.STRef", and arrays are provided by
    -- "Data.Array.ST".

    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    module Control.Monad.ST (
            -- * The 'ST' Monad
            ST,             -- abstract, instance of Functor, Monad, Typeable.
            runST,
            fixST,

            -- * Converting 'ST' to 'IO'
            RealWorld,              -- abstract
            stToIO,
        ) where

    import Control.Monad.ST.Imp