#8684: hWaitForInput cannot be interrupted by async exceptions on unix -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: nh2 | Owner: (none) Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Core Libraries | Version: 7.6.3 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: 13497, 13525 | Blocking: Related Tickets: #12912, #13525 | Differential Rev(s): Phab:D42 Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by nh2): I think I've got it! Inserting a `yield` [https://github.com/nh2/ghc/blob/49a5e9ce7062da7594bfd86ca7af92796b84b52a/lib... here] after `fdReady()` returns back into Haskell makes `delay over` appear and my example code terminate after the 1 second `timeout`. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8684#comment:20 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler