* Don Stewart: > fw: >> Are there any plans to get rid of hGetContents and the semi-closed >> handle state for Haskell Prime? >> >> (I call hGetContents unsafe because it adds side effects to pattern >> matching, stricly speaking invalidating most of the transformations >> which are expected to be valid in a pure language.) > > Isn't this a broader complaint about lazy IO in general?
Yes, sort of. But doesn't lazy input derive its justification from being present in the prelude? _______________________________________________ Haskell-prime mailing list Haskell-prime@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-prime
