I thought it was pure as, conceptually, readFile isn't 'run' rather it constructs a pure function that accepts a unique world state as a parameter. This might be totally unrealistic, but this is how I see IO functions remaining pure. Is this a good mental model?
> In terms of what a function does, is readFile actually pure? > > -- > Ivan Lazar Miljenovic _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
