On Jan 10, 2008 8:06 PM, Ketil Malde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "David Roundy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> > I just want to point out that unsafePerformIO is at the core of the > >> > (safe) bytestring library. As SPJ et al pointed out, this is crucial > >> > functionality, and is only unsafe if unsafely used. > > >> In Modula-3 modules using hacks must be explicitly marked as UNSAFE. See > >> http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/hosking/m3/reference/unsafe.html > >> Maybe this is also an option for Haskell? > > > I don't think this is a good idea. > > I think the point is (should be) to mark functions unsafe when they > may be unsafe to /use/,
I think using the IO monad for this works well... -- Sebastian Sylvan +44(0)7857-300802 UIN: 44640862 _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
