Re: [Haskell-cafe] Prelude> read "1234" :: String -> "*** Exception: Prelude.read: no parse

read expects strings to be quoted: Prelude> read "\"1234\"" :: String "1234" On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 19:57, michael rice wrote:

Prelude> read "1234" :: Int 1234 Prelude> read "1234" :: String "*** Exception: Prelude.read: no parse

Why?

Michael

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