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                4 Oct
                
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                5:16 a.m.
            
        At 2001-10-04 02:02, Dmitry Olyenyov wrote:
I have the list ["file1","file2","file3"] and I need the function to return me the list of contents of these files.
contents :: [String] -> [String]
That cannot be safely done with that type. A "pure" function like that is not allowed to do "imperative" stuff such as reading files. -- Ashley Yakeley, Seattle WA