> Well, not quite. ($!) (like `seq`, out of which it's built) forces > evaluation only to "weak head normal form": essentially enough to > determine the top-level constructor. Here, for String, that means > only the first character need be evaluated, which in practice means > only the first bufferful of the file is read. You need to use ($!!) > or something like it to force evaluation of the entire file contents. > [See http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg15819.html.] > > Dean >
Ah, good point, I missed that. _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell
