exception classifier functions
Dean Herington
heringto@cs.unc.edu
Mon, 28 Oct 2002 11:35:22 -0500
It's unfortunate that the exception classifier functions differ between
GHC and Hugs, even where capabilities overlap.
GHC has:
ioErrors :: Exception -> Maybe IOError
arithExceptions :: Exception -> Maybe ArithException
errorCalls :: Exception -> Maybe String
dynExceptions :: Exception -> Maybe Dynamic
assertions :: Exception -> Maybe String
asyncExceptions :: Exception -> Maybe AsyncException
userErrors :: Exception -> Maybe String
Hugs has:
justIoErrors :: Exception -> Maybe IOError
justHugsExceptions :: Exception -> Maybe HugsException
Would greater commonality be possible?
Also, I don't care for the naming scheme for these functions. While use
of these functions with `catchJust` and `tryJust` reads very well, other
use reads poorly. Names such as `asIOError`, `asArithException`, etc.,
would better described their interfaces.
-- Dean