[Haskell-cafe] Preventing dereferencing an STRef after taking an action

Hi, is it possible to prevent an STRef passed to one ST action from being passed further on to another ST action? I am trying to prevent these usages: invalid :: STRef s a -> STRef s b -> ST s () invalid x y=action1 x y >>=action2 x y invalid1 :: STRef s a -> STRef s b -> ST s () invalid1 x y=action1 x y >>=action2 y while still being able to do this: valid :: STRef s a -> STRef s b -> ST s () valid x y=action1 x y >>=action2 x where action1 will modify x and y inplace, but in the end only x will hold the useful information. In other words I am trying to make it impossible for any action after action1 to have a same argument as action1's second argument. timo