[Haskell-beginners] A first try

[David Place]

On Jun 27, 2011, at 8:33 AM, Yitzchak Gale wrote:

> David Place wrote:
>> Suppose the file is only partially demanded as in the case I quoted earlier.
>> 
>> print10 =
>>     do
>>       contents <- withFile "/usr/share/dict/words" ReadMode (\h -> hGetContents h)
>>       print $ take 10 contents
>> 
>> The file would never be closed.
> 
> I tried it - it does close the file.
> 
> Thanks,
> Yitz

II'm not sure what you mean.  Did you create a new version of withFile that behaves as Heinrich suggested?  If so, please post its definition.
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