10 Jun
                
                    2011
                
            
            
                10 Jun
                
                '11
                
            
            
            
        
    
                7:49 a.m.
            
        On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Max Bolingbroke  wrote: If you want plain text serialization, "writeFile "output.txt" . show"
and "fmap read (readFile "output.txt")" should suffice... Max This code works:
main = do
     let xss = [[1,2,3],[4,5,6],[7,8],[9]]
     writeFile "output.txt" (show xss)
     line <- readFile "output.txt"
     let xss2 = read line :: [[Int]]
     print xss2
As soon as complete file is returned as a single line, using 'fmap'  does
not make sense here:
     line <- readFile "output.txt"
     let xss2 = fmap read line
 When to use 'fmap'?