We describe a new and simpler implementation in Haskell of CML's events,
which encode reactions by a thread to combinations of messages
from other threads. We add a new type of Guarded Events,
by which recipients can filter messages with conditions on their
value known as Guards. We implement guarded channels.
The guard type and the indexing algorithm are not part of the
channel definition, so that the user can trade off what guards are
required against the cost of indexing.
As an example we sketch the encapsulation of a graphical user
interface toolkit. This can be done concisely not only because of
guarded events, but also because we construct events
monadically. Monadic events are especially helpful for
representing concurrent processes which transform themselves in
reaction to external communications.
