2008/10/7 Johannes Waldmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > with 6.10, the following does not typecheck: > > foo `Control.Exception.catch` \ _ -> return bar > > Ambiguous type variable `e' in the constraint: > `Control.Exception.Exception e'
catch \(e :: SomeException) -> ... This requires language ScopedTypeVariables (and perhaps PatternSignatures). Of cause, you should try to be more specific about which exceptions you want to catch as e.g., Ctrl-C and many other things are also reported as exceptions. > > It is probably bad programming style anyway but what is the workaround? > I found some references (in list emails) to catchAny, ignoreExceptions > but these don't seem to have made it? > > Best regards, J.W. > > > _______________________________________________ > Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list > Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users > _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
