On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Udo Stenzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> hPutStr stdout $ foldr seq veryLongString veryLongString > > There is no primitive to do this for arbitrary data types, but the > DeepSeq type class comes close. You can find DeepSeq and some more > hints on strict evaluation at > <http://users.aber.ac.uk/afc/stricthaskell.html>.
You can also use Control.Parallel.Strategies: Prelude Control.Parallel.Strategies> take 2 (repeat 'x') "xx" Prelude Control.Parallel.Strategies> take 2 (repeat 'x' `using` rnf) " (No more output.) -- /NAD _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
