John Lato <jwl...@gmail.com> writes: > Even in Haskell this separation isn't absolute. Programmer errors, > such as dividing by 0, can and do lead to exceptional conditions. The > proper way to handle dividing by 0 is to not do it in the first place, > but if it happens because of a programming error, you've got an > exception. Unfortunately this encourages programmers to think that > handling the exception is the proper way to deal with this condition, > but it isn't.
So I have another question. Is the following function safe and legitimate? > safeDiv :: (Exception e, Integral a) => > a -> a -> Either e a > safeDiv x y = unsafePerformIO . try . evaluate $ div x y I believe it should be okay to use this 'safeDiv'. What do you think? -- c/* __o/* <\ * (__ */\ < _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe