Hi all, According to http://haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/libraries/random/System-Random.html#... the Read StdGen instance should never fail. However, in GHC 6.8.2, it appears to:
ghci GHCi, version 6.8.2: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help Loading package base ... linking ... done. Prelude> :m System.Random Prelude System.Random> read "exsqueeze me" :: StdGen Loading package old-locale-1.0.0.0 ... linking ... done. Loading package old-time-1.0.0.0 ... linking ... done. Loading package random-1.0.0.0 ... linking ... done. *** Exception: Prelude.read: no parse Prelude System.Random> Leaving GHCi.
It first fails for me on strings of length seven. Is this a bug, or have I done something wrong? -- Denis