Remi Turk writes: >> Assuming I could _not_ use 'bracket', 'withFile', >> 'finally' or any of the other usual scope-guarding >> techniques [...]
> Refactoring comes to the mind... ;) I wish that were possible! I use bracket-style resource allocation wherever I can, but in this case the Handle is the _result_ of a rather complex computation, so it has to leave the scope in which is was opened. A finalizer is all I can use. > performGC That is the function I was looking for. Well, it's actually not at all the function I was looking for, but given the circumstances, it seems to be the only solution. Alternatives are highly sought after, though! Peter _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe