If there some concern a ThreadId could be bigger than an Int somewhere/somewhen? Should it be Int64? Or could it be variable size, suggesting whatever it is that backs SmallByteString?

On Nov 1, 2017 10:54 AM, "Andrew Martin" <andrew.thaddeus@gmail.com> wrote:

ThreadId has a Show instance that makes uses the FFI to turn a ThreadId to a CInt:

instance Show ThreadId where
showsPrec d t =
showString "ThreadId " .
showsPrec d (getThreadId (id2TSO t))

foreign import ccall unsafe "rts_getThreadId" getThreadId :: ThreadId# -> CInt

Can getThreadId be exported? This would make it possible to write a Hashable instance for ThreadId, and it would make it possible to use a ThreadId to index into an array (with modulus of course).

-Andrew Thaddeus Martin

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