GHC API is not thread safe
There are some items of global state (the NameCache
and the PackageInterfaceTable
) that should be protected. One can workaround this by using a mutex and only invoking GHC API operations in one thread at a time.
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Type | FeatureRequest |
TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
Priority | normal |
Resolution | Unresolved |
Component | GHC API |
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