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diff --git a/dev-haskell/abstract-par/metadata.xml b/dev-haskell/abstract-par/metadata.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..aa460913223b --- /dev/null +++ b/dev-haskell/abstract-par/metadata.xml @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> +<pkgmetadata> + <herd>haskell</herd> + <longdescription> + The 'Par' monad(s) offer an alternative + parallel programming API to that provided by the + @parallel@ package. + A 'Par' monad allows the simple description of + parallel computations, and can be used to add + parallelism to pure Haskell code. The basic API + is straightforward: a @Par@ monad supports forking + and simple communication in terms of 'IVar's. + This module is an interface module only. It + provides a number of type clasess, but not an + implementation. The type classes separate different + levels of @Par@ functionality. See the + "Control.Monad.Par.Class" module for more details. + The 'monad-par' library is one example of a + concrete library providing this interface. + </longdescription> + <upstream> + <remote-id type="github">simonmar/monad-par</remote-id> + </upstream> +</pkgmetadata> |