> A quick look at the source looks like both GHC and NHC will
> simply pass
> on errors from the OS, so for example with
>
> module Main where
>
> import IO
> import Directory
>
> main :: IO()
> main = do catch (createDirectory "this/does/not/exist/foo")
> (\e -> putStrLn $ show $ map (flip ($) e) errors)
>
> errors :: [(IOError -> Bool)]
> errors = [isDoesNotExistError,
> isIllegalOperation,
> isPermissionError,
> isAlreadyExistsError]
>
> both GHC and NHC give [True,False,False,False] (I don't seem to have a
> hugs Directory.hs) while the library report only allows
> isIllegalOperation, isPermissionError and isAlreadyExistsError. I
> haven't looked for other cases of this.
Two possibilities: either createDirectory should act like 'mkdir -p' and
make the whole path, or the library report should document
isDoesNotExistError as a possible error thrown by createDirectory. I'd
vote for the latter.
No doubt there are many other cases of this, we should really do a full
audit of the I/O library specs.
Cheers,
Simon
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