Re: Control.Exception

(+1) to that request - what is the "best practices" for portable exception
handling code that straddles version 6.10, i.e. that compiles with compilers
at either side with minimal fuss? I can imagine a couple of 
alternatives, but
would like to hear what others are doing here.

thanks
--sigbjorn "likes backward code compatibility"

On 11/1/2008 18:15, Jason Dagit wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 1:19 AM, Simon Marlow <marlowsd <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Johannes Waldmann wrote:
>>     
>>> with 6.10, the following does not typecheck:
>>>
>>> foo `Control.Exception.catch` \ _ -> return bar
>>>
>>> Ambiguous type variable `e' in the constraint:
>>>      `Control.Exception.Exception e'
>>>
>>> It is probably bad programming style anyway but what is the workaround?
>>>       
>> As long as you're aware that it is bad programming style.  We deliberately
>> didn't include an easy way to do this, because we want people to think about
>> why they need to catch *all* exceptions (most of the time it's a bug).
>>     
>
> Since the above is bad form, what should I be doing?  Could someone
> please provide some examples or point me at the list of exceptions
> that I can catch?  What about catching multiple types of exceptions?
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
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