forkOS package:concurrency

forkOS :: MonadConc m => m () -> m (ThreadId m)

Fork a computation to happen in a bound thread, which is necessary if you need to call foreign (non-Haskell) libraries that make use of thread-local state, such as OpenGL.

forkOSN :: MonadConc m => String -> m () -> m (ThreadId m)

concurrency Control.Monad.Conc.Class

Like forkOS, but the thread is given a name which may be used to present more useful debugging information.

forkOSWithUnmask :: MonadConc m => ((forall a . m a -> m a) -> m ()) -> m (ThreadId m)

concurrency Control.Monad.Conc.Class

Like forkOS, but the child thread is passed a function that can be used to unmask asynchronous exceptions. This function should not be used within a mask or uninterruptibleMask.

forkOSWithUnmask = forkOSWithUnmaskN ""

forkOSWithUnmaskN :: MonadConc m => String -> ((forall a . m a -> m a) -> m ()) -> m (ThreadId m)

concurrency Control.Monad.Conc.Class

Like forkOSWithUnmask, but the thread is given a name which may be used to present more useful debugging information.

forkOSWithUnmaskN _ = forkOSWithUnmask