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"textContent": "BurningWitness:\n\n> tomjaguarpaw:\n>\n>> if `IOScopedRef` existed then I could instantiate the `Logger` argument to `writeUserData` to get the behaviour I desire\n>\n> Yes, though I would object to this feature being implemented like that.\n\nSorry, what feature? Do you mean I shouldn’t use `IOScopedRef` (if it existed) to get the behaviour I desire, or `IOScopedRef` shouldn’t be implemented? In either case, what do you object to?\n\nBurningWitness:\n\n> tomjaguarpaw:\n>\n>> I don’t know what “with references” means.\n>\n> As in with either `contextual` values I outlined above or `IOScopedRef`.\n\nWith “references”, the libraries providing `Logger` and `writeUserData` need not know anything about the existence of “references”. Only the caller need use them.",
"title": "Haskell's missing mutable reference type"
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