[GHC] #1152: Unexcepted behaviour of Control.Exception.catch

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#1152: Unexcepted behaviour of Control.Exception.catch
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 Reporter:  tobi at die-loews.de  |          Owner:         
     Type:  bug                |         Status:  closed 
 Priority:  normal             |      Milestone:         
Component:  Compiler           |        Version:  6.6    
 Severity:  normal             |     Resolution:  invalid
 Keywords:                     |     Difficulty:  Unknown
 Testcase:                     |   Architecture:  x86    
       Os:  Linux              |  
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Changes (by igloo):

  * resolution:  => invalid
  * status:  new => closed

Comment:

 This is actually expected behaviour. In the second expression the value
 `throw ...` isn't demanded by catch as it is happy with `return <thunk>`.
 The thunk is then evaluated outside of the catch and the exception is
 raised.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1152>
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