Exceptions

[Reuben Thomas]

> I just installed ghc-4.08.1 on a Win2k computer. Then I tried to compile a 
> program that uses exceptions. Compilation succeeds, but running the program 
> causes a "Application Error" dialog to appear. It says "The application 
> failed to initialize properly (0xc0000005). Click on OK to terminate the 
> application.". Here is the Haskell program:
> 
> --
> module Main(main) where
> 
> import Exception
> 
> main = catchAllIO (putStrLn (head ([] :: [String])))
>                    (\e -> putStrLn "hi" )
> 
> --
> 
> Compiled it with
> 
> ghc-4.08.1 -i/apps/ghc/lib/imports/lang -syslib lang Main.hs

This should be OK, but as Christian Lescher says, you can just say "-package
lang" rather than all the gumph you have.

The error message looks like a fairly typical Windows RTS problem. It could
be that I just missed something in my recent round of fixes. I'm afraid I'm
away at a DevLab in Redmond at the moment, so I'll check it next week when I
return. The only thing I can suggest for now is to reinstall GHC unless you
really have *just* installed it; I updated the InstallShield on about
November 6th.

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