Re[2]: [Haskell-cafe] Why am I not allowed to use CStringLen inforeignexport?

Hello Brian, Friday, September 22, 2006, 9:03:01 PM, you wrote:

withBSTR8 :: [Char] -> (BSTR8 -> IO a) -> IO a withBSTR8 s f = bracket (createBSTR8 s) (\bstr -> free (bstr `plusPtr` (-4))) (\bstr -> f bstr)

this may be shortened to

withBSTR8 s = bracket (createBSTR8 s) (\bstr -> free (bstr `plusPtr` (-4)))

my lib contains a tons of such brackets -- Best regards, Bulat mailto:Bulat.Ziganshin@gmail.com