Hello John, Sunday, August 27, 2006, 5:45:21 PM, you wrote: >> return $! tail mates_str
> But you need to evaluate the result of readFile all the way to the end--you > need to use a function that traverses the entire file contents. Otherwise > the file will be left open to read the bit you haven't traversed. Hence > length rather than tail. oh, sorry, i mean 'last' -- Best regards, Bulat mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list Haskell@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell