[Haskell] main::[String]->IO() ?

[Hal Daume III]

I typically do:

...
main = getArgs >>= go
go [whatever] = ...


On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Steffen Mazanek wrote:

> Hello everybody,
> 
> each time I write an application that makes use of command line arguments
> I have to copy&paste the code for dealing with these args to my program 
> from a reference implementation, because it is so hard to remember.
> What do you think about changing the default type of main or providing
> an alternative, e.g., main_args, just like in C or Java?
> 
> I think this would simplify everyday-programming a lot. Or are there
> any severe theoretical (semantical) problems (main is running in the IO 
> monad either way)? 
> 
> Ciao,
> Steffen
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