[Haskell-beginners] 'read' throws; why not maybe or either?

[Mateusz Kowalczyk]

On 24/11/13 21:49, Patrick Redmond wrote:
> Is there a variation of 'read' which uses Maybe or Either to handle
> failure instead of an exception?
> 
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See
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5121371/how-to-catch-a-no-parse-exception-from-the-read-function-in-haskell
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Mateusz K.