Re: [Haskell-beginners] A first try

On Jun 27, 2011, at 9:58 AM, Manfred Lotz wrote:

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To ensure that the entire file is read, you can seq on the length,

xml <- U.hGetContents inh let content = parseXMLDoc xml length xml `seq` case content of ...

Thanks a lot for the suggestion. Works fine.

I only tried deepseq because my first try with seq

let content = xml `seq` parseXMLDoc xml

didn't work.

You can call me squeamish, but using a pure function (length) for its side-effects seems kind of kludge-y. :-) ____________________ David Place Owner, Panpipes Ho! LLC http://panpipesho.com d@vidplace.com