#9149: Description of openFileBlocking is wrong ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: edsko | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Documentation | Version: 7.8.2 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Type of failure: None/Unknown Difficulty: Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- The documentation states: ''Like openFile, but opens the file in ordinary blocking mode. This can be useful for opening a FIFO for reading: if we open in non-blocking mode then the open will fail if there are no writers, whereas a blocking open will block until a writer appears. '' but I think this is the wrong way around, and should be: ''Like openFile, but opens the file in ordinary blocking mode. This can be useful for opening a FIFO for writing: if we open in non-blocking mode then the open will fail if there are no readers, whereas a blocking open will block until a reader appears. '' -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9149 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler