[Haskell] Exceptions

in the following example, the handler won't catch the exception because of lazy evaluation. therefore, it's a different story than with exceptions in ML, Python, whatever strict language. main = do xs <- return [ 1, 2, error "throw" ] `catch` \ any -> do putStrLn "caught" return [ 4, 5, 6 ] print xs -- -- Johannes Waldmann, Tel/Fax: (0341) 3076 6479 / 6480 -- ------ http://www.imn.htwk-leipzig.de/~waldmann/ ---------