"Sigbjorn Finne (Intl Vendor)" wrote:
> Sven Panne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > [...]
> > * hClose on a semi-closed handle fails (4.02 has this bug, too):
> >
> > import IO
> > main = do
> > h <- openFile "/etc/passwd" ReadMode
> > c <- hGetContents h
> > putStr c
> > hClose h
> >
> > Transcript:
> >
> > root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
> > bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/bin/bash
> > [...]
> > Fail: illegal operation
> > Action: hClose
> > Handle: {closed}
> > Reason: handle is closed
> >
> > According to the library report, closing a semi-closed handle
> > should be allowed.
>
> But that's not the case here. By the time you get around to doing
> the 'hClose', you've read to the end of the file and the semi-closed
> handle has been closed for you (cf. report.)
OK, then ghc-bugs is the wrong list. :-} Hugs98 runs the example
*without* any complaints, which should count as a bug...
Cheers,
Sven
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