On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 10:01:18AM -0000, Simon Marlow wrote: > Instead, I'd suggest deprecating System.IO.catch and perhaps the rest of > the IOError support in System.IO. It is all available from > System.IO.Error and Control.Exception anyhow. That sounds like a sensible separation. You'd also want System.IO.Error to export the IOError versions of catch and try (which it doesn't now).