Re: [Haskell-beginners] A first try

David Place wrote:

Suppose the file is only partially demanded as in the case I quoted earlier.

print10 =     do       contents <- withFile "/usr/share/dict/words" ReadMode (\h -> hGetContents h)       print $ take 10 contents

The file would never be closed.

I tried it - it does close the file. Thanks, Yitz