Hi experts, I fear I don't understand how to properly use *Data.IORef*. I wrote the following code: 1 -- Testing Data.IORef 2 module Main where 3 4 import Data.IORef 5 6 bump :: IORef Int -> IO() 7 bump theRef = do 8 tmp <- readIORef theRef 9 let tmp2 = tmp + 1 10 writeIORef theRef tmp2 11 12 main = do 13 let theValue = 1 14 print theValue 15 theValueRef <- newIORef theValue 16 bump theValueRef 17 return theValue and got this, in ghci: *Main> :load test2.hs [1 of 1] Compiling Main ( test2.hs, interpreted ) Ok, modules loaded: Main. *Main> main 1 *1* I was expecting this: *Main> :load test2.hs [1 of 1] Compiling Main ( test2.hs, interpreted ) Ok, modules loaded: Main. *Main> main 1 *2* Can anyone help me understand what I'm doing wrong? Thanks! -db