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diff --git a/dev-haskell/atomic-primops/metadata.xml b/dev-haskell/atomic-primops/metadata.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2576b3c8008e --- /dev/null +++ b/dev-haskell/atomic-primops/metadata.xml @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> +<pkgmetadata> + <herd>haskell</herd> + <longdescription> + After GHC 7.4 a new `casMutVar#` primop became available, but it's + difficult to use safely, because pointer equality is a highly + unstable property in Haskell. This library provides a safer method + based on the concept of "Tickets". + + Also, this library uses the "foreign primop" capability of GHC to + add access to other variants that may be of + interest, specifically, compare and swap inside an array. + </longdescription> + <upstream> + <remote-id type="github">rrnewton/haskell-lockfree</remote-id> + </upstream> +</pkgmetadata> |