[project @ 2003-08-31 18:41:28 by ross]

[ghc-base.git] / GHC / IOBase.lhs

diff --git a/GHC/IOBase.lhs b/GHC/IOBase.lhs
index c25c69e..be727df 100644 (file)
--- a/GHC/IOBase.lhs
+++ b/GHC/IOBase.lhs
@@ -408,8 +408,8 @@ type FilePath = String
 --    the next block of data is read into the buffer.
 --
 --  * /no-buffering/: the next input item is read and returned.
---    The 'hLookAhead' operation implies that even a no-buffered handle
---    may require a one-character buffer.
+--    The 'System.IO.hLookAhead' operation implies that even a no-buffered
+--    handle may require a one-character buffer.
 --
 -- The default buffering mode when a handle is opened is
 -- implementation-dependent and may depend on the file system object
@@ -518,7 +518,8 @@ showHandle file = showString "{handle: " . showString file . showString "}"
 -- |The type of exceptions.  Every kind of system-generated exception
 -- has a constructor in the 'Exception' type, and values of other
 -- types may be injected into 'Exception' by coercing them to
--- 'Dynamic' (see the section on Dynamic Exceptions: "Control.Exception\#DynamicExceptions").
+-- 'Data.Dynamic.Dynamic' (see the section on Dynamic Exceptions:
+-- "Control.Exception\#DynamicExceptions").
 data Exception
   = ArithException     ArithException
        -- ^Exceptions raised by arithmetic
@@ -537,8 +538,8 @@ data Exception
        -- ^Asynchronous exceptions (see section on Asynchronous Exceptions: "Control.Exception\#AsynchronousExceptions").
   | BlockedOnDeadMVar
        -- ^The current thread was executing a call to
-       -- 'takeMVar' that could never return, because there are no other
-       -- references to this 'MVar'.
+       -- 'Control.Concurrent.MVar.takeMVar' that could never return,
+       -- because there are no other references to this 'MVar'.
   | Deadlock
        -- ^There are no runnable threads, so the program is
        -- deadlocked.  The 'Deadlock' exception is
@@ -701,18 +702,17 @@ instance Eq Exception where
 -- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- The ExitCode type
 
--- The `ExitCode' type defines the exit codes that a program
--- can return.  `ExitSuccess' indicates successful termination;
--- and `ExitFailure code' indicates program failure
--- with value `code'.  The exact interpretation of `code'
--- is operating-system dependent.  In particular, some values of 
--- `code' may be prohibited (e.g. 0 on a POSIX-compliant system).
-
 -- We need it here because it is used in ExitException in the
 -- Exception datatype (above).
 
-data ExitCode = ExitSuccess | ExitFailure Int 
-                deriving (Eq, Ord, Read, Show)
+data ExitCode
+  = ExitSuccess        -- ^ indicates successful termination;
+  | ExitFailure Int
+               -- ^ indicates program failure with an exit code.
+               -- The exact interpretation of the code is
+               -- operating-system dependent.  In particular, some values
+               -- may be prohibited (e.g. 0 on a POSIX-compliant system).
+  deriving (Eq, Ord, Read, Show)
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Primitive throw