John Goerzen wrote:

>main = do
>     xs <- return [ 1, 2, error "throw" ]
>         `catch` \ any -> do
>             putStrLn "caught"
>             return [ 4, 5, 6 ]
>     print xs
>
>When run, I get: Fail: throw
>
>In any case, in the more general case, I don't see a problem with that.
>I get an exception when I try to use something.  That's fine.  In an
>imperative program that solves the same problem the same way, you'd see
>the exception at the same point.

No, in a traditional (strict) programming language the program would print

   caught
   [4,5,6]

The exception "throw" would not appear in the output.

-- Ben

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