Re: [Haskell-cafe] better error expression in IO function

On Jul 11, 2007, at 15:57 , brad clawsie wrote:

i know the Either type can be used in such a case(?), but i've had some problem locating a satisfactory example (if this is indeed appropriate)

You might want to look at MonadError (Control.Monad.Error), more specifically ErrorT layered on top of IO. -- brandon s. allbery [solaris,freebsd,perl,pugs,haskell] allbery@kf8nh.com system administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university KF8NH