GHC API is not thread safe
There are some items of global state (the NameCache and the PackageInterfaceTable) that should be protected. One can workaround this by using a mutex and only invoking GHC API operations in one thread at a time.
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| Type | FeatureRequest |
| TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
| Priority | normal |
| Resolution | Unresolved |
| Component | GHC API |
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