RE: ghci

The following code works fine under ghc, but produces a strange error under ghci:

Main> main *** Exception: failed Action: connect Reason: Unknown error 141312000

It is deterministic - i.e I have verified that it isn't a network fault.

I'm afraid there's a bug in 5.02's SocketPrim library that causes this. The fix will be in 5.02.1, due out shortly (or pull it from CVS if you're brave :-).

Additionally, I'm a little confused about how to import the PortNumber constructor from Socket, without importing everything else. It's behavior seems odd.

There isn't a PortNumber constructor, just a type constructor - is that what you meant? If so, doesn't just "import Socket(PortNumber)" do the right thing? Cheers, Simon