Ashley Yakeley wrote at Sun, 12 Nov 2000 23:20:31 -0800: > C++ provides a convenient mechanism for cleaning up stuff, the > destructor, which is guaranteed to .... and asked if something like the C++ destructor could be done in haskell. Don't try this. One of the main attractions of C++ destructors is a guaranteed order their execution. This is too ugly for a lazy language. pfitzen