Update the exitWith docs

[ghc-base.git] / System / Exit.hs

diff --git a/System/Exit.hs b/System/Exit.hs
index 1e74c1a..6de82c3 100644 (file)
--- a/System/Exit.hs
+++ b/System/Exit.hs
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ module System.Exit
 import Prelude
 
 #ifdef __GLASGOW_HASKELL__
-import GHC.IOBase
+import GHC.IO
+import GHC.IO.Exception
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __HUGS__
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ import System
 -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- exitWith
 
--- | Computation 'exitWith' @code@ throws 'ExitException' @code@.
+-- | Computation 'exitWith' @code@ throws 'ExitCode' @code@.
 -- Normally this terminates the program, returning @code@ to the
 -- program's caller.  Before the program terminates, any open or
 -- semi-closed handles are first closed.
@@ -51,9 +52,9 @@ import System
 -- A program that terminates successfully without calling 'exitWith'
 -- explicitly is treated as it it had called 'exitWith' 'ExitSuccess'.
 --
--- As an 'ExitException' is not an 'IOError', 'exitWith' bypasses
+-- As an 'ExitCode' is not an 'IOError', 'exitWith' bypasses
 -- the error handling in the 'IO' monad and cannot be intercepted by
--- 'catch' from the "Prelude".  However it is an 'Exception', and can
+-- 'catch' from the "Prelude".  However it is a 'SomeException', and can
 -- be caught using the functions of "Control.Exception".  This means
 -- that cleanup computations added with 'Control.Exception.bracket'
 -- (from "Control.Exception") are also executed properly on 'exitWith'.