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parBuffer smells wrong

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It looks to me as though `parBuffer` is supposed to spark a limited number of computations at any one time. But as far as I can tell, it actually sparks...

treeowl

(IMHO). It has never really been clear to me when I should use `rseq`, even after reading this chapter: http://chimera.labs.oreilly.com/books/1230000000929/ch02.html#sec_par-rpar-rseq What I'm lacking I think is an intuitive sense of...

jberryman

In the Haddock for `par` we have a `par` b` is exactly equivalent semantically to `b` Would it be better to say 1." exactly denotationally equivalent to `b`", or 2....

tomjaguarpaw

List strategies (except evalBuffer/parBuffer) on infinite lists results in non-termination

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Whilst the [documentation](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/parallel-3.2.2.0/docs/Control-Parallel-Strategies.html#v:parBuffer) for `parBuffer` suggests it is more suitable for lazy lists, the documentation for `parList` or other list strategies does not explicitly state that evaluating infinite lists directly...

robstewart57

Closes #15, closes #19. Improve the documentation of `par` and `pseq` & update the changelog. Also update the CI.

konsumlamm