CurryInfo: cpns-3.0.0 / Network.CPNS.cpnsAlive

definition:
 
cpnsAlive :: String -> IO Bool
cpnsAlive host = catch tryPingCPNS (\_ -> return False)
 where
  tryPingCPNS = do
    h <- connectToSocket host cpnsSocket
    hPutStrLn h (show Ping)
    hFlush h
    answer <- hWaitForInput h cpnsTimeOut
    hClose h
    return answer
demand:
 no demanded arguments
deterministic:
 deterministic operation
documentation:
 
Tests whether the CPNS demon at a host is alive, i.e.,
reacts on `Ping` message.
failfree:
 _
indeterministic:
 referentially transparent operation
infix:
 no fixity defined
iotype:
 {(_) |-> _}
name:
 cpnsAlive
precedence:
 no precedence defined
result-values:
 _
signature:
 String -> Prelude.IO Prelude.Bool
solution-complete:
 operation might suspend on free variables
terminating:
 possibly non-terminating
totally-defined:
 possibly non-reducible on same data term