[Haskell-cafe] import IO

[Brandon Allbery]

On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 3:32 PM, A Smith <asmith9983 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi folks
> I need a little help.
> I had a hiccup upgrading my Ubuntu system, and eventually did a fresh
> install.
> Its mostly fixed to my old favourite ways but I cannot remember what's
> needed to install the stuff that the "import IO" statement uses!
>

"import IO" is obsolescent, and recent Ubuntu went with a GHC that
deprecated it unless you ask for strict Haskell '98 compatibility.  So you
can do that ("-package haskell98"), or you can use the modern name ("import
System.IO").

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brandon s allbery                                      allbery.b at gmail.com
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