On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Michael Walter wrote:

> No, besides referential transparency having a definite technical
> meaning, you can clearly see what you are getting by simply looking at
> the type (IO Int).

Hm, I think Klaus would strongly object to any statement of the form

> you can clearly see what you are getting by simply looking at
> the type (IO Int).

as every type will contain junk:

  (x::IO Int) where x = x >>= return

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