[clean-list] Some examples about the Directory library

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Jerzy Karczmarczuk wrote

> RWS says that he doesn't like this design.
> I would say more, I find it not really acceptable. Data structures which explode under your nose are against the Golden Functional Way of Life.

This design is used all the time. See for instance the way opening and closing files works. Not nice but it makes coding (with pattern matching) a little easier. Maybe one time Sparkle could help proving that a program never inspects a value that could explode. Then you have the best of both worlds.

> 2. Does the Clean Respectable Team still think about the concurrency?

That must be a no then.

Regards Erik Zuurbier
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