[Haskell-cafe] Parsec, updateState, and failure

[Andrew Coppin]

Dimitry Golubovsky wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If a parser which updated user state fails, will such update be reverted?
>   

Without actually checking, I would strongly suspect that yes, if a 
parser fails, all its state modifications are thrown away. (This is 
usually what you would want...)

> Is there any bracket- or try-catch-finally-like mechanism for Parsec?
>   

I don't think so. If you find yourself wanting to parse data differently 
depending on stuff you've already seen, you might find it easier to run 
a 2-pass parser of some kind.