Hi > The best thing to do is bypass read and use 'reads' to define your > own safe read. > > maybeRead :: Read a => String -> Maybe a > maybeRead s = case reads s of > [(x, "")] -> Just x > _ -> Nothing
Or just use the Safe package: http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/safe http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/safe/0.2/doc/html/Safe.html#v%3AreadMay Thanks Neil _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
