Ok... <br><br>
Seems to only happen inside emacs (inf-haskell mode)<br>
At a shell it is as expected:<br>
<br>
*Main&gt; getTwoChars<br>
a<br>
(&#39;a&#39;,&#39;\n&#39;)<br>
<br>So I guess its an emacs (comint-mode derivative to inferior process) issue.<br>