+
+#ifndef __HUGS__
+-- | The 'catch' function establishes a handler that receives any 'IOError'
+-- raised in the action protected by 'catch'. An 'IOError' is caught by
+-- the most recent handler established by 'catch'. These handlers are
+-- not selective: all 'IOError's are caught. Exception propagation
+-- must be explicitly provided in a handler by re-raising any unwanted
+-- exceptions. For example, in
+--
+-- > f = catch g (\e -> if IO.isEOFError e then return [] else ioError e)
+--
+-- the function @f@ returns @[]@ when an end-of-file exception
+-- (cf. 'System.IO.Error.isEOFError') occurs in @g@; otherwise, the
+-- exception is propagated to the next outer handler.
+--
+-- When an exception propagates outside the main program, the Haskell
+-- system prints the associated 'IOError' value and exits the program.
+--
+-- Non-I\/O exceptions are not caught by this variant; to catch all
+-- exceptions, use 'Control.Exception.catch' from "Control.Exception".
+catch :: IO a -> (IOError -> IO a) -> IO a
+catch = New.catch
+#endif /* !__HUGS__ */