catch (fail "...")

[Sigbjorn Finne]

Simon Peyton-Jones simonpj@microsoft.com writes:
> 
> This is an inconsistency that was fixed in the revised Haskell98=20
> report (Apr 2001).  See
	> http://research.microsoft.com/~simonpj/haskell98-revised
> 
> In the bug list look for Page 90.
> 
> It looks as though Hugs hasn't quite caught up with this change.

Yes, the Feb 2001 release (which Brian was/is using) unfortunately
didn't foresee the future change to the Report :-)

The current release, Dec 2001, does the prescribed thing.

--sigbjorn