Comparing hash, ptr, str gives you a pretty good acceptance/rejection test.
hash for the quick rejection, ptr for quick acceptance, str for accuracy.
Especially since the particular fingerprints for Typeable at least are
usually made up of 3 bytestrings that were just stuffed in and forgotten
On 20/02/13 15:40, Joachim Breitner wrote:
+-- | This exception is thrown by the 'fail' method of the 'Monad' 'IO'
instance.
+--
+-- The Exception instance of IOException will also catch this, converting the
+-- IOFail to a UserError, for compatibility and consistency with the Haskell
+--
On 20/02/13 17:12, Ian Lynagh wrote:
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 02:45:19PM +, Simon Marlow wrote:
Remember that fingerprinting is not hashing. For fingerprinting we
need to have a realistic expectation of no collisions. I don't
think FNV is suitable.
I'm sure it would be possible to
Hi,
Am Donnerstag, den 21.02.2013, 09:42 + schrieb Simon Marlow:
The trick is indeed neat, but only if it is possible to make IOFail
completely invisible. If it isn't possible to make it completely
invisible, then I would prefer IOFail to be a first-class exception type
without the
