thanks, i've got it working i'll probably post the code when i'm done
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Nicolas Pouillard <nicolas.pouill...@gmail.com> wrote: > Excerpts from Dan Mead's message of Tue Nov 10 20:23:26 +0100 2009: >> i think that may be too in depth. >> >> all i'm trying to do is catch a regular pattern match exception >> >> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 5:50 AM, Roel van Dijk <vandijk.r...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Have a look at this recently uploaded package: >> > >> > http://hackage.haskell.org/package/first-class-patterns >> > >> > Examine the "tryMatch" function in particular. > > You can do this with Control.Exception.evaluate [1]. However > while it looks like what you want I recommend you to not use > it too often, catching "error" calls is not the best way of using > Haskell. However if this is for debugging purpose or setting up > a global exception catcher for a final product then this is fine. > > > [1]: > http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/libraries/base/Control-Exception.html#8 > > -- > Nicolas Pouillard > http://nicolaspouillard.fr > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe