On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Antoine Latter <aslat...@gmail.com> wrote: > [...] > > When GHC opens files for reading, it asks windows to disallow write > access to the file. I'm guessing that Framemaker has the file open for > writing, so GHC can't get that permission.
In fact, this is required behavior according to the Haskell Report: > Implementations should enforce as far as possible, at least locally to the > Haskell process, multiple-reader single-writer locking on files. That is, > there may either be many handles on the same file which manage input, or just > one handle on the file which manages output. I guess on Windows, "as far as possible" means locking it across the whole system. (See http://www.haskell.org/onlinereport/haskell2010/haskellch41.html#x49-32800041.3.4 for the gory details) -- Chris _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
