Haskell Cookbook

How to do it...

1. Create a new project called working-with-mvar with the simple stack template:

        stack new working-with-mvar simple

2. Add dependencies on the containers and random libraries in the build-depends sub-section of the executable section. Also add the -threaded option to the ghc-options subsection:

        executable working-with-mvar
          hs-source-dirs:      src
          main-is:             Main.hs
          ghc-options:         -threaded
          default-language:    Haskell2010
          build-depends:       base >= 4.7 && < 5
                             , containers                             , random

3. Open src/Main.hs. We will be adding our source here. Define the main module, and import headers for using MVar and Chan:

        module Main where

        import Control.Concurrent
        import Control.Concurrent.Chan
        import Data.Map
        import Control.Monad
        import System.Random ...