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-rw-r--r--libraries/base/Control/Monad.hs2
-rw-r--r--libraries/base/Control/Monad/ST/Imp.hs2
-rw-r--r--libraries/base/Control/Monad/ST/Lazy/Imp.hs16
-rw-r--r--libraries/base/Control/Monad/ST/Lazy/Safe.hs2
-rw-r--r--libraries/base/Control/Monad/ST/Lazy/Unsafe.hs2
-rw-r--r--libraries/base/Data/Functor/Utils.hs4
-rwxr-xr-xlibraries/base/GHC/Exts.hs2
-rw-r--r--libraries/base/GHC/IO.hs14
-rw-r--r--libraries/base/GHC/ST.hs12
9 files changed, 28 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/libraries/base/Control/Monad.hs b/libraries/base/Control/Monad.hs
index 08c85a8b9b..96d8938101 100644
--- a/libraries/base/Control/Monad.hs
+++ b/libraries/base/Control/Monad.hs
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ forever a = let a' = a *> a' in a'
-- | The 'mapAndUnzipM' function maps its first argument over a list, returning
-- the result as a pair of lists. This function is mainly used with complicated
--- data structures or a state-transforming monad.
+-- data structures or a state monad.
mapAndUnzipM :: (Applicative m) => (a -> m (b,c)) -> [a] -> m ([b], [c])
{-# INLINE mapAndUnzipM #-}
mapAndUnzipM f xs = unzip <$> traverse f xs
diff --git a/libraries/base/Control/Monad/ST/Imp.hs b/libraries/base/Control/Monad/ST/Imp.hs
index 8ba51e86f0..55bd780f2c 100644
--- a/libraries/base/Control/Monad/ST/Imp.hs
+++ b/libraries/base/Control/Monad/ST/Imp.hs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import Control.Exception.Base
( catch, throwIO, NonTermination (..)
, BlockedIndefinitelyOnMVar (..) )
--- | Allow the result of a state transformer computation to be used (lazily)
+-- | Allow the result of an 'ST' computation to be used (lazily)
-- inside the computation.
--
-- Note that if @f@ is strict, @'fixST' f = _|_@.
diff --git a/libraries/base/Control/Monad/ST/Lazy/Imp.hs b/libraries/base/Control/Monad/ST/Lazy/Imp.hs
index 4f1204b89f..699c81e258 100644
--- a/libraries/base/Control/Monad/ST/Lazy/Imp.hs
+++ b/libraries/base/Control/Monad/ST/Lazy/Imp.hs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
-- Portability : non-portable (requires universal quantification for runST)
--
-- This module presents an identical interface to "Control.Monad.ST",
--- except that the monad delays evaluation of state operations until
+-- except that the monad delays evaluation of 'ST' operations until
-- a value depending on them is required.
--
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ import qualified GHC.ST as GHC.ST
import GHC.Base
import qualified Control.Monad.Fail as Fail
--- | The lazy state-transformer monad.
--- A computation of type @'ST' s a@ transforms an internal state indexed
--- by @s@, and returns a value of type @a@.
--- The @s@ parameter is either
+-- | The lazy @'ST' monad.
+-- The ST monad allows for destructive updates, but is escapable (unlike IO).
+-- A computation of type @'ST' s a@ returns a value of type @a@, and
+-- execute in "thread" @s@. The @s@ parameter is either
--
-- * an uninstantiated type variable (inside invocations of 'runST'), or
--
@@ -198,13 +198,13 @@ instance Monad (ST s) where
instance Fail.MonadFail (ST s) where
fail s = errorWithoutStackTrace s
--- | Return the value computed by a state transformer computation.
+-- | Return the value computed by an 'ST' computation.
-- The @forall@ ensures that the internal state used by the 'ST'
-- computation is inaccessible to the rest of the program.
runST :: (forall s. ST s a) -> a
runST (ST st) = runRW# (\s -> case st (S# s) of (r, _) -> r)
--- | Allow the result of a state transformer computation to be used (lazily)
+-- | Allow the result of an 'ST' computation to be used (lazily)
-- inside the computation.
-- Note that if @f@ is strict, @'fixST' f = _|_@.
fixST :: (a -> ST s a) -> ST s a
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ lazyToStrictST :: ST s a -> ST.ST s a
lazyToStrictST (ST m) = GHC.ST.ST $ \s ->
case (m (S# s)) of (a, S# s') -> (# s', a #)
--- | A monad transformer embedding lazy state transformers in the 'IO'
+-- | A monad transformer embedding lazy 'ST' in the 'IO'
-- monad. The 'RealWorld' parameter indicates that the internal state
-- used by the 'ST' computation is a special one supplied by the 'IO'
-- monad, and thus distinct from those used by invocations of 'runST'.
diff --git a/libraries/base/Control/Monad/ST/Lazy/Safe.hs b/libraries/base/Control/Monad/ST/Lazy/Safe.hs
index 9f8e60686f..05aaae7523 100644
--- a/libraries/base/Control/Monad/ST/Lazy/Safe.hs
+++ b/libraries/base/Control/Monad/ST/Lazy/Safe.hs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
-- Portability : non-portable (requires universal quantification for runST)
--
-- This module presents an identical interface to "Control.Monad.ST",
--- except that the monad delays evaluation of state operations until
+-- except that the monad delays evaluation of 'ST' operations until
-- a value depending on them is required.
--
-- Safe API only.
diff --git a/libraries/base/Control/Monad/ST/Lazy/Unsafe.hs b/libraries/base/Control/Monad/ST/Lazy/Unsafe.hs
index 4a1b8c79a6..be31c93c24 100644
--- a/libraries/base/Control/Monad/ST/Lazy/Unsafe.hs
+++ b/libraries/base/Control/Monad/ST/Lazy/Unsafe.hs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
-- Portability : non-portable (requires universal quantification for runST)
--
-- This module presents an identical interface to "Control.Monad.ST",
--- except that the monad delays evaluation of state operations until
+-- except that the monad delays evaluation of 'ST' operations until
-- a value depending on them is required.
--
-- Unsafe API.
diff --git a/libraries/base/Data/Functor/Utils.hs b/libraries/base/Data/Functor/Utils.hs
index c6c2758c9d..57e75424da 100644
--- a/libraries/base/Data/Functor/Utils.hs
+++ b/libraries/base/Data/Functor/Utils.hs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ instance Ord a => Semigroup (Min a) where
instance Ord a => Monoid (Min a) where
mempty = Min Nothing
--- left-to-right state transformer
+-- left-to-right state-transforming monad
newtype StateL s a = StateL { runStateL :: s -> (s, a) }
-- | @since 4.0
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ instance Applicative (StateL s) where
(s'', y) = ky s'
in (s'', f x y)
--- right-to-left state transformer
+-- right-to-left state-transforming monad
newtype StateR s a = StateR { runStateR :: s -> (s, a) }
-- | @since 4.0
diff --git a/libraries/base/GHC/Exts.hs b/libraries/base/GHC/Exts.hs
index 3f5b630ab9..9fc1a638fc 100755
--- a/libraries/base/GHC/Exts.hs
+++ b/libraries/base/GHC/Exts.hs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ module GHC.Exts
-- * Ids with special behaviour
lazy, inline, oneShot,
- -- * Running 'RealWorld' state transformers
+ -- * Running 'RealWorld' state thread
runRW#,
-- * Safe coercions
diff --git a/libraries/base/GHC/IO.hs b/libraries/base/GHC/IO.hs
index 05ad277127..6b83cca0d1 100644
--- a/libraries/base/GHC/IO.hs
+++ b/libraries/base/GHC/IO.hs
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ import {-# SOURCE #-} GHC.IO.Exception ( userError, IOError )
-- The IO Monad
{-
-The IO Monad is just an instance of the ST monad, where the state is
-the real world. We use the exception mechanism (in GHC.Exception) to
+The IO Monad is just an instance of the ST monad, where the state thread
+is the real world. We use the exception mechanism (in GHC.Exception) to
implement IO exceptions.
NOTE: The IO representation is deeply wired in to various parts of the
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ failIO s = IO (raiseIO# (toException (userError s)))
-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Coercions between IO and ST
--- | Embed a strict state transformer in an 'IO'
+-- | Embed a strict state thread in an 'IO'
-- action. The 'RealWorld' parameter indicates that the internal state
-- used by the 'ST' computation is a special one supplied by the 'IO'
-- monad, and thus distinct from those used by invocations of 'runST'.
@@ -92,20 +92,20 @@ stToIO :: ST RealWorld a -> IO a
stToIO (ST m) = IO m
-- | Convert an 'IO' action into an 'ST' action. The type of the result
--- is constrained to use a 'RealWorld' state, and therefore the result cannot
--- be passed to 'runST'.
+-- is constrained to use a 'RealWorld' state thread, and therefore the
+-- result cannot be passed to 'runST'.
ioToST :: IO a -> ST RealWorld a
ioToST (IO m) = (ST m)
-- | Convert an 'IO' action to an 'ST' action.
-- This relies on 'IO' and 'ST' having the same representation modulo the
--- constraint on the type of the state.
+-- constraint on the state thread type parameter.
unsafeIOToST :: IO a -> ST s a
unsafeIOToST (IO io) = ST $ \ s -> (unsafeCoerce# io) s
-- | Convert an 'ST' action to an 'IO' action.
-- This relies on 'IO' and 'ST' having the same representation modulo the
--- constraint on the type of the state.
+-- constraint on the state thread type parameter.
--
-- For an example demonstrating why this is unsafe, see
-- https://mail.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2009-April/060719.html
diff --git a/libraries/base/GHC/ST.hs b/libraries/base/GHC/ST.hs
index 9a174383f8..ccc123d303 100644
--- a/libraries/base/GHC/ST.hs
+++ b/libraries/base/GHC/ST.hs
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ import qualified Control.Monad.Fail as Fail
default ()
--- The state-transformer monad proper. By default the monad is strict;
+-- The 'ST' monad proper. By default the monad is strict;
-- too many people got bitten by space leaks when it was lazy.
--- | The strict state-transformer monad.
--- A computation of type @'ST' s a@ transforms an internal state indexed
--- by @s@, and returns a value of type @a@.
--- The @s@ parameter is either
+-- | The strict 'ST' monad.
+-- The 'ST' monad allows for destructive updates, but is escapable (unlike IO).
+-- A computation of type @'ST' s a@ returns a value of type @a@, and
+-- execute in "thread" @s@. The @s@ parameter is either
--
-- * an uninstantiated type variable (inside invocations of 'runST'), or
--
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ instance Show (ST s a) where
showList = showList__ (showsPrec 0)
{-# INLINE runST #-}
--- | Return the value computed by a state transformer computation.
+-- | Return the value computed by a state thread.
-- The @forall@ ensures that the internal state used by the 'ST'
-- computation is inaccessible to the rest of the program.
runST :: (forall s. ST s a) -> a