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diff --git a/ghc/docs/users_guide/win32-dlls.sgml b/ghc/docs/users_guide/win32-dlls.sgml index 48eb7aba84..b1f894dca1 100644 --- a/ghc/docs/users_guide/win32-dlls.sgml +++ b/ghc/docs/users_guide/win32-dlls.sgml @@ -54,11 +54,14 @@ Some of the standard Haskell libraries behave slightly differently on Windows. <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para> -On Windows, the '<literal>^Z</literal>' character is interpreted as end-of-file, so -if you read a file containing this character the file will appear to end just before it. -To subvert this behaviour, you can put the file into Binary -mode using <literal>GHC.Handle.hSetBinaryMode</literal>. (unfortunately this -function isn't available form anywhere more stable, yet). +On Windows, the '<literal>^Z</literal>' character is interpreted as an +end-of-file character, so if you read a file containing this character +the file will appear to end just before it. To avoid this, +use <literal>IOExts.openFileEx</literal> to open a file in binary +(untranslated) mode or change an already opened file handle into +binary mode using <literal>IOExts.hSetBinaryMode</literal>. The +<literal>IOExts</literal> module is part of the +<literal>lang</literal> package. </para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> |