[Haskell-cafe] Newbie: Is it possible to catch _|_ ?

[Ketil Malde]

"Russ Lewis" <spamhole-2001-07-16 at deming-os.org> writes:

> Another newbie question: Is it possible to catch _|_ - that is, to
> encounter it, handle it and continue?

Since _|_ is the value of a non-terminating computation, this requires
you to solve the halting problem.  GHC does occasionally detect loops,
but for the general case, don't hold your breath :-)

-kzm
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