#7348: base-4.6 does not export `catch` from Prelude while Control.Exception
documentation still claims so
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Reporter: Dzhus | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Component: Documentation
Version: 7.6.1 | Keywords:
Os: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple
Failure: Documentation bug | Testcase:
Blockedby: | Blocking:
Related: 7167 |
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From http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/base/4.6.0.0/doc/html
/Control-Exception.html#g:5:
> Note that the Prelude also exports a function called catch with a
similar type to catch, except that the Prelude version only catches the IO
and user families of exceptions (as required by Haskell 98).
> We recommend either hiding the Prelude version of catch when importing
Control.Exception:
Prelude doesn't export `catch` as of base-4.6
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