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Data.Array.ST

Portability | non-portable
Stability | experimental
Maintainer | libraries@haskell.org

Contents

Boxed arrays
Unboxed arrays
Overloaded mutable array interface

Description
Mutable boxed and unboxed arrays in the `ST` monad.
Synopsis

data STArray s i e
runSTArray :: Ix i => (forall s . ST s (STArray s i e)) -> Array i e
data STUArray s i a
runSTUArray :: Ix i => (forall s . ST s (STUArray s i e)) -> UArray i e
castSTUArray :: STUArray s ix a -> ST s (STUArray s ix b)
module Data.Array.MArray

Boxed arrays
data STArray s i e

Mutable, boxed, non-strict arrays in the `ST` monad. The type arguments are as follows:

- `s`: the state variable argument for the `ST` type
- `i`: the index type of the array (should be an instance of `Ix`)
- `e`: the element type of the array.

Instances

Typeable3 STArray
HasBounds (STArray s)
MArray (STArray s) e (ST s)
Eq (STArray s i e)

runSTArray :: Ix i => (forall s . ST s (STArray s i e)) -> Array i e
A safe way to create and work with a mutable array before returning an immutable array for later perusal. This function avoids copying the array before returning it - it uses `unsafeFreeze` internally, but this wrapper is a safe interface to that function.
Unboxed arrays
data STUArray s i a

A mutable array with unboxed elements, that can be manipulated in the `ST` monad. The type arguments are as follows:

- `s`: the state variable argument for the `ST` type
- `i`: the index type of the array (should be an instance of `Ix`)
- `e`: the element type of the array. Only certain element types are supported.

An `STUArray` will generally be more efficient (in terms of both time and space) than the equivalent boxed version (`STArray`) with the same element type. However, `STUArray` is strict in its elements - so don't use `STUArray` if you require the non-strictness that `STArray` provides.

Instances

Typeable3 STUArray
HasBounds (STUArray s)
MArray (STUArray s) Bool (ST s)
MArray (STUArray s) Char (ST s)
MArray (STUArray s) Double (ST s)
MArray (STUArray s) Float (ST s)
MArray (STUArray s) Int (ST s)
MArray (STUArray s) Int16 (ST s)
MArray (STUArray s) Int32 (ST s)
MArray (STUArray s) Int64 (ST s)
MArray (STUArray s) Int8 (ST s)
MArray (STUArray s) Word (ST s)
MArray (STUArray s) Word16 (ST s)
MArray (STUArray s) Word32 (ST s)
MArray (STUArray s) Word64 (ST s)
MArray (STUArray s) Word8 (ST s)
MArray (STUArray s) (FunPtr a) (ST s)
MArray (STUArray s) (Ptr a) (ST s)
MArray (STUArray s) (StablePtr a) (ST s)

runSTUArray :: Ix i => (forall s . ST s (STUArray s i e)) -> UArray i e
A safe way to create and work with an unboxed mutable array before returning an immutable array for later perusal. This function avoids copying the array before returning it - it uses `unsafeFreeze` internally, but this wrapper is a safe interface to that function.
castSTUArray :: STUArray s ix a -> ST s (STUArray s ix b)
Casts an `STUArray` with one element type into one with a different element type. All the elements of the resulting array are undefined (unless you know what you're doing...).
Overloaded mutable array interface
module Data.Array.MArray
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