diff --git a/lib/hs/src/Thrift.hs b/lib/hs/src/Thrift.hs
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+--
+-- Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+-- or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+-- distributed with this work for additional information
+-- regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+-- to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+-- "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+-- with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+--
+--   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+--
+-- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+-- software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+-- "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+-- KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+-- specific language governing permissions and limitations
+-- under the License.
+--
+
+module Thrift
+    ( module Thrift.Transport
+    , module Thrift.Protocol
+    , AppExnType(..)
+    , AppExn(..)
+    , readAppExn
+    , writeAppExn
+    , ThriftException(..)
+    ) where
+
+import Control.Monad ( when )
+import Control.Exception
+
+import Data.Typeable ( Typeable )
+
+import Thrift.Transport
+import Thrift.Protocol
+
+
+data ThriftException = ThriftException
+  deriving ( Show, Typeable )
+instance Exception ThriftException
+
+data AppExnType
+    = AE_UNKNOWN
+    | AE_UNKNOWN_METHOD
+    | AE_INVALID_MESSAGE_TYPE
+    | AE_WRONG_METHOD_NAME
+    | AE_BAD_SEQUENCE_ID
+    | AE_MISSING_RESULT
+      deriving ( Eq, Show, Typeable )
+
+instance Enum AppExnType where
+    toEnum 0 = AE_UNKNOWN
+    toEnum 1 = AE_UNKNOWN_METHOD
+    toEnum 2 = AE_INVALID_MESSAGE_TYPE
+    toEnum 3 = AE_WRONG_METHOD_NAME
+    toEnum 4 = AE_BAD_SEQUENCE_ID
+    toEnum 5 = AE_MISSING_RESULT
+
+    fromEnum AE_UNKNOWN = 0
+    fromEnum AE_UNKNOWN_METHOD = 1
+    fromEnum AE_INVALID_MESSAGE_TYPE = 2
+    fromEnum AE_WRONG_METHOD_NAME = 3
+    fromEnum AE_BAD_SEQUENCE_ID = 4
+    fromEnum AE_MISSING_RESULT = 5
+
+data AppExn = AppExn { ae_type :: AppExnType, ae_message :: String }
+  deriving ( Show, Typeable )
+instance Exception AppExn
+
+writeAppExn :: (Protocol p, Transport t) => p t -> AppExn -> IO ()
+writeAppExn pt ae = do
+    writeStructBegin pt "TApplicationException"
+
+    when (ae_message ae /= "") $ do
+        writeFieldBegin pt ("message", T_STRING , 1)
+        writeString pt (ae_message ae)
+        writeFieldEnd pt
+
+    writeFieldBegin pt ("type", T_I32, 2);
+    writeI32 pt (fromEnum (ae_type ae))
+    writeFieldEnd pt
+    writeFieldStop pt
+    writeStructEnd pt
+
+readAppExn :: (Protocol p, Transport t) => p t -> IO AppExn
+readAppExn pt = do
+    readStructBegin pt
+    rec <- readAppExnFields pt (AppExn {ae_type = undefined, ae_message = undefined})
+    readStructEnd pt
+    return rec
+
+readAppExnFields pt rec = do
+    (n, ft, id) <- readFieldBegin pt
+    if ft == T_STOP
+        then return rec
+        else case id of
+                 1 -> if ft == T_STRING then
+                          do s <- readString pt
+                             readAppExnFields pt rec{ae_message = s}
+                          else do skip pt ft
+                                  readAppExnFields pt rec
+                 2 -> if ft == T_I32 then
+                          do i <- readI32 pt
+                             readAppExnFields pt rec{ae_type = (toEnum  i)}
+                          else do skip pt ft
+                                  readAppExnFields pt rec
+                 _ -> do skip pt ft
+                         readFieldEnd pt
+                         readAppExnFields pt rec
+
diff --git a/lib/hs/src/Thrift/Protocol.hs b/lib/hs/src/Thrift/Protocol.hs
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+--
+-- Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+-- or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+-- distributed with this work for additional information
+-- regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+-- to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+-- "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+-- with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+--
+--   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+--
+-- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+-- software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+-- "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+-- KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+-- specific language governing permissions and limitations
+-- under the License.
+--
+
+module Thrift.Protocol
+    ( Protocol(..)
+    , skip
+    , MessageType(..)
+    , ThriftType(..)
+    , ProtocolExn(..)
+    , ProtocolExnType(..)
+    ) where
+
+import Control.Monad ( replicateM_, unless )
+import Control.Exception
+
+import Data.Typeable ( Typeable )
+import Data.Int
+
+import Thrift.Transport
+
+
+data ThriftType
+    = T_STOP
+    | T_VOID
+    | T_BOOL
+    | T_BYTE
+    | T_DOUBLE
+    | T_I16
+    | T_I32
+    | T_I64
+    | T_STRING
+    | T_STRUCT
+    | T_MAP
+    | T_SET
+    | T_LIST
+      deriving ( Eq )
+
+instance Enum ThriftType where
+    fromEnum T_STOP   = 0
+    fromEnum T_VOID   = 1
+    fromEnum T_BOOL   = 2
+    fromEnum T_BYTE   = 3
+    fromEnum T_DOUBLE = 4
+    fromEnum T_I16    = 6
+    fromEnum T_I32    = 8
+    fromEnum T_I64    = 10
+    fromEnum T_STRING = 11
+    fromEnum T_STRUCT = 12
+    fromEnum T_MAP    = 13
+    fromEnum T_SET    = 14
+    fromEnum T_LIST   = 15
+
+    toEnum 0  = T_STOP
+    toEnum 1  = T_VOID
+    toEnum 2  = T_BOOL
+    toEnum 3  = T_BYTE
+    toEnum 4  = T_DOUBLE
+    toEnum 6  = T_I16
+    toEnum 8  = T_I32
+    toEnum 10 = T_I64
+    toEnum 11 = T_STRING
+    toEnum 12 = T_STRUCT
+    toEnum 13 = T_MAP
+    toEnum 14 = T_SET
+    toEnum 15 = T_LIST
+
+data MessageType
+    = M_CALL
+    | M_REPLY
+    | M_EXCEPTION
+      deriving ( Eq )
+
+instance Enum MessageType where
+    fromEnum M_CALL      =  1
+    fromEnum M_REPLY     =  2
+    fromEnum M_EXCEPTION =  3
+
+    toEnum 1 = M_CALL
+    toEnum 2 = M_REPLY
+    toEnum 3 = M_EXCEPTION
+
+
+class Protocol a where
+    getTransport :: Transport t => a t -> t
+
+    writeMessageBegin :: Transport t => a t -> (String, MessageType, Int) -> IO ()
+    writeMessageEnd   :: Transport t => a t -> IO ()
+
+    writeStructBegin :: Transport t => a t -> String -> IO ()
+    writeStructEnd   :: Transport t => a t -> IO ()
+    writeFieldBegin  :: Transport t => a t -> (String, ThriftType, Int) -> IO ()
+    writeFieldEnd    :: Transport t => a t -> IO ()
+    writeFieldStop   :: Transport t => a t -> IO ()
+    writeMapBegin    :: Transport t => a t -> (ThriftType, ThriftType, Int) -> IO ()
+    writeMapEnd      :: Transport t => a t -> IO ()
+    writeListBegin   :: Transport t => a t -> (ThriftType, Int) -> IO ()
+    writeListEnd     :: Transport t => a t -> IO ()
+    writeSetBegin    :: Transport t => a t -> (ThriftType, Int) -> IO ()
+    writeSetEnd      :: Transport t => a t -> IO ()
+
+    writeBool   :: Transport t => a t -> Bool -> IO ()
+    writeByte   :: Transport t => a t -> Int -> IO ()
+    writeI16    :: Transport t => a t -> Int -> IO ()
+    writeI32    :: Transport t => a t -> Int -> IO ()
+    writeI64    :: Transport t => a t -> Int64 -> IO ()
+    writeDouble :: Transport t => a t -> Double -> IO ()
+    writeString :: Transport t => a t -> String -> IO ()
+    writeBinary :: Transport t => a t -> String -> IO ()
+
+
+    readMessageBegin :: Transport t => a t -> IO (String, MessageType, Int)
+    readMessageEnd   :: Transport t => a t -> IO ()
+
+    readStructBegin :: Transport t => a t -> IO String
+    readStructEnd   :: Transport t => a t -> IO ()
+    readFieldBegin  :: Transport t => a t -> IO (String, ThriftType, Int)
+    readFieldEnd    :: Transport t => a t -> IO ()
+    readMapBegin    :: Transport t => a t -> IO (ThriftType, ThriftType, Int)
+    readMapEnd      :: Transport t => a t -> IO ()
+    readListBegin   :: Transport t => a t -> IO (ThriftType, Int)
+    readListEnd     :: Transport t => a t -> IO ()
+    readSetBegin    :: Transport t => a t -> IO (ThriftType, Int)
+    readSetEnd      :: Transport t => a t -> IO ()
+
+    readBool   :: Transport t => a t -> IO Bool
+    readByte   :: Transport t => a t -> IO Int
+    readI16    :: Transport t => a t -> IO Int
+    readI32    :: Transport t => a t -> IO Int
+    readI64    :: Transport t => a t -> IO Int64
+    readDouble :: Transport t => a t -> IO Double
+    readString :: Transport t => a t -> IO String
+    readBinary :: Transport t => a t -> IO String
+
+
+skip :: (Protocol p, Transport t) => p t -> ThriftType -> IO ()
+skip p T_STOP = return ()
+skip p T_VOID = return ()
+skip p T_BOOL = readBool p >> return ()
+skip p T_BYTE = readByte p >> return ()
+skip p T_I16 = readI16 p >> return ()
+skip p T_I32 = readI32 p >> return ()
+skip p T_I64 = readI64 p >> return ()
+skip p T_DOUBLE = readDouble p >> return ()
+skip p T_STRING = readString p >> return ()
+skip p T_STRUCT = do readStructBegin p
+                     skipFields p
+                     readStructEnd p
+skip p T_MAP = do (k, v, s) <- readMapBegin p
+                  replicateM_ s (skip p k >> skip p v)
+                  readMapEnd p
+skip p T_SET = do (t, n) <- readSetBegin p
+                  replicateM_ n (skip p t)
+                  readSetEnd p
+skip p T_LIST = do (t, n) <- readListBegin p
+                   replicateM_ n (skip p t)
+                   readListEnd p
+
+
+skipFields :: (Protocol p, Transport t) => p t -> IO ()
+skipFields p = do
+    (_, t, _) <- readFieldBegin p
+    unless (t == T_STOP) (skip p t >> readFieldEnd p >> skipFields p)
+
+
+data ProtocolExnType
+    = PE_UNKNOWN
+    | PE_INVALID_DATA
+    | PE_NEGATIVE_SIZE
+    | PE_SIZE_LIMIT
+    | PE_BAD_VERSION
+      deriving ( Eq, Show, Typeable )
+
+data ProtocolExn = ProtocolExn ProtocolExnType String
+  deriving ( Show, Typeable )
+instance Exception ProtocolExn
diff --git a/lib/hs/src/Thrift/Protocol/Binary.hs b/lib/hs/src/Thrift/Protocol/Binary.hs
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+--
+-- Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+-- or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+-- distributed with this work for additional information
+-- regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+-- to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+-- "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+-- with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+--
+--   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+--
+-- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+-- software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+-- "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+-- KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+-- specific language governing permissions and limitations
+-- under the License.
+--
+
+module Thrift.Protocol.Binary
+    ( module Thrift.Protocol
+    , BinaryProtocol(..)
+    ) where
+
+import Control.Exception ( throw )
+
+import Data.Bits
+import Data.Int
+import Data.List ( foldl' )
+
+import GHC.Exts
+import GHC.Word
+
+import Thrift.Protocol
+import Thrift.Transport
+
+
+version_mask = 0xffff0000
+version_1    = 0x80010000
+
+data BinaryProtocol a = Transport a => BinaryProtocol a
+
+
+instance Protocol BinaryProtocol where
+    getTransport (BinaryProtocol t) = t
+
+    writeMessageBegin p (n, t, s) = do
+        writeI32 p (version_1 .|. (fromEnum t))
+        writeString p n
+        writeI32 p s
+    writeMessageEnd _ = return ()
+
+    writeStructBegin _ _ = return ()
+    writeStructEnd _ = return ()
+    writeFieldBegin p (_, t, i) = writeType p t >> writeI16 p i
+    writeFieldEnd _ = return ()
+    writeFieldStop p = writeType p T_STOP
+    writeMapBegin p (k, v, n) = writeType p k >> writeType p v >> writeI32 p n
+    writeMapEnd p = return ()
+    writeListBegin p (t, n) = writeType p t >> writeI32 p n
+    writeListEnd _ = return ()
+    writeSetBegin p (t, n) = writeType p t >> writeI32 p n
+    writeSetEnd _ = return ()
+
+    writeBool p b = tWrite (getTransport p) [toEnum $ if b then 1 else 0]
+    writeByte p b = tWrite (getTransport p) (getBytes b 1)
+    writeI16 p b = tWrite (getTransport p) (getBytes b 2)
+    writeI32 p b = tWrite (getTransport p) (getBytes b 4)
+    writeI64 p b = tWrite (getTransport p) (getBytes b 8)
+    writeDouble p d = writeI64 p (fromIntegral $ floatBits d)
+    writeString p s = writeI32 p (length s) >> tWrite (getTransport p) s
+    writeBinary = writeString
+
+    readMessageBegin p = do
+        ver <- readI32 p
+        if (ver .&. version_mask /= version_1)
+            then throw $ ProtocolExn PE_BAD_VERSION "Missing version identifier"
+            else do
+              s <- readString p
+              sz <- readI32 p
+              return (s, toEnum $ ver .&. 0xFF, sz)
+    readMessageEnd _ = return ()
+    readStructBegin _ = return ""
+    readStructEnd _ = return ()
+    readFieldBegin p = do
+        t <- readType p
+        n <- if t /= T_STOP then readI16 p else return 0
+        return ("", t, n)
+    readFieldEnd _ = return ()
+    readMapBegin p = do
+        kt <- readType p
+        vt <- readType p
+        n <- readI32 p
+        return (kt, vt, n)
+    readMapEnd _ = return ()
+    readListBegin p = do
+        t <- readType p
+        n <- readI32 p
+        return (t, n)
+    readListEnd _ = return ()
+    readSetBegin p = do
+        t <- readType p
+        n <- readI32 p
+        return (t, n)
+    readSetEnd _ = return ()
+
+    readBool p = (== 1) `fmap` readByte p
+    readByte p = do
+        bs <- tReadAll (getTransport p) 1
+        return $ fromIntegral (composeBytes bs :: Int8)
+    readI16 p = do
+        bs <- tReadAll (getTransport p) 2
+        return $ fromIntegral (composeBytes bs :: Int16)
+    readI32 p = composeBytes `fmap` tReadAll (getTransport p) 4
+    readI64 p = composeBytes `fmap` tReadAll (getTransport p) 8
+    readDouble p = do
+        bs <- readI64 p
+        return $ floatOfBits $ fromIntegral bs
+    readString p = readI32 p >>= tReadAll (getTransport p)
+    readBinary = readString
+
+
+-- | Write a type as a byte
+writeType :: (Protocol p, Transport t) => p t -> ThriftType -> IO ()
+writeType p t = writeByte p (fromEnum t)
+
+-- | Read a byte as though it were a ThriftType
+readType :: (Protocol p, Transport t) => p t -> IO ThriftType
+readType p = toEnum `fmap` readByte p
+
+composeBytes :: (Bits b, Enum t) => [t] -> b
+composeBytes = (foldl' fn 0) . (map $ fromIntegral . fromEnum)
+    where fn acc b = (acc `shiftL` 8) .|. b
+
+getByte :: Bits a => a -> Int -> a
+getByte i n = 255 .&. (i `shiftR` (8 * n))
+
+getBytes :: (Bits a, Integral a) => a -> Int -> String
+getBytes i 0 = []
+getBytes i n = (toEnum $ fromIntegral $ getByte i (n-1)):(getBytes i (n-1))
+
+floatBits :: Double -> Word64
+floatBits (D# d#) = W64# (unsafeCoerce# d#)
+
+floatOfBits :: Word64 -> Double
+floatOfBits (W64# b#) = D# (unsafeCoerce# b#)
+
diff --git a/lib/hs/src/Thrift/Server.hs b/lib/hs/src/Thrift/Server.hs
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+--
+-- Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+-- or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+-- distributed with this work for additional information
+-- regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+-- to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+-- "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+-- with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+--
+--   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+--
+-- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+-- software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+-- "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+-- KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+-- specific language governing permissions and limitations
+-- under the License.
+--
+
+module Thrift.Server
+    ( runBasicServer
+    , runThreadedServer
+    ) where
+
+import Control.Concurrent ( forkIO )
+import Control.Exception
+import Control.Monad ( forever, when )
+
+import Network
+
+import System.IO
+
+import Thrift
+import Thrift.Transport.Handle
+import Thrift.Protocol.Binary
+
+
+-- | A threaded sever that is capable of using any Transport or Protocol
+-- instances.
+runThreadedServer :: (Transport t, Protocol i, Protocol o)
+                  => (Socket -> IO (i t, o t))
+                  -> h
+                  -> (h -> (i t, o t) -> IO Bool)
+                  -> PortID
+                  -> IO a
+runThreadedServer accepter hand proc port = do
+    socket <- listenOn port
+    acceptLoop (accepter socket) (proc hand)
+
+-- | A basic threaded binary protocol socket server.
+runBasicServer :: h
+               -> (h -> (BinaryProtocol Handle, BinaryProtocol Handle) -> IO Bool)
+               -> PortNumber
+               -> IO a
+runBasicServer hand proc port = runThreadedServer binaryAccept hand proc (PortNumber port)
+  where binaryAccept s = do
+            (h, _, _) <- accept s
+            return (BinaryProtocol h, BinaryProtocol h)
+
+acceptLoop :: IO t -> (t -> IO Bool) -> IO a
+acceptLoop accepter proc = forever $
+    do ps <- accepter
+       forkIO $ handle (\(e :: SomeException) -> return ())
+                  (loop $ proc ps)
+  where loop m = do { continue <- m; when continue (loop m) }
diff --git a/lib/hs/src/Thrift/Transport.hs b/lib/hs/src/Thrift/Transport.hs
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/lib/hs/src/Thrift/Transport.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+--
+-- Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+-- or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+-- distributed with this work for additional information
+-- regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+-- to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+-- "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+-- with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+--
+--   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+--
+-- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+-- software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+-- "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+-- KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+-- specific language governing permissions and limitations
+-- under the License.
+--
+
+module Thrift.Transport
+  ( Transport(..)
+  , TransportExn(..)
+  , TransportExnType(..)
+  ) where
+
+import Control.Monad ( when )
+import Control.Exception ( Exception, throw )
+
+import Data.Typeable ( Typeable )
+
+
+class Transport a where
+    tIsOpen :: a -> IO Bool
+    tClose  :: a -> IO ()
+    tRead   :: a -> Int -> IO String
+    tWrite  :: a -> String ->IO ()
+    tFlush  :: a -> IO ()
+    tReadAll :: a -> Int -> IO String
+
+    tReadAll a 0 = return []
+    tReadAll a len = do
+        result <- tRead a len
+        let rlen = length result
+        when (rlen == 0) (throw $ TransportExn "Cannot read. Remote side has closed." TE_UNKNOWN)
+        if len <= rlen
+            then return result
+            else (result ++) `fmap` (tReadAll a (len - rlen))
+
+data TransportExn = TransportExn String TransportExnType
+  deriving ( Show, Typeable )
+instance Exception TransportExn
+
+data TransportExnType
+    = TE_UNKNOWN
+    | TE_NOT_OPEN
+    | TE_ALREADY_OPEN
+    | TE_TIMED_OUT
+    | TE_END_OF_FILE
+      deriving ( Eq, Show, Typeable )
+
diff --git a/lib/hs/src/Thrift/Transport/Handle.hs b/lib/hs/src/Thrift/Transport/Handle.hs
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/lib/hs/src/Thrift/Transport/Handle.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+--
+-- Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+-- or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+-- distributed with this work for additional information
+-- regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+-- to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+-- "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+-- with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+--
+--   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+--
+-- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+-- software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+-- "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+-- KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+-- specific language governing permissions and limitations
+-- under the License.
+--
+
+module Thrift.Transport.Handle
+    ( module Thrift.Transport
+    , HandleSource(..)
+    ) where
+
+import Control.Exception ( throw )
+import Control.Monad ( replicateM )
+
+import Network
+
+import System.IO
+import System.IO.Error ( isEOFError )
+
+import Thrift.Transport
+
+
+instance Transport Handle where
+    tIsOpen = hIsOpen
+    tClose h    = hClose h
+    tRead  h n  = replicateM n (hGetChar h) `catch` handleEOF
+    tWrite h s  = mapM_ (hPutChar h) s
+    tFlush = hFlush
+
+
+-- | Type class for all types that can open a Handle. This class is used to
+-- replace tOpen in the Transport type class.
+class HandleSource s where
+    hOpen :: s -> IO Handle
+
+instance HandleSource FilePath where
+    hOpen s = openFile s ReadWriteMode
+
+instance HandleSource (HostName, PortID) where
+    hOpen = uncurry connectTo
+
+
+handleEOF e = if isEOFError e
+    then return []
+    else throw $ TransportExn "TChannelTransport: Could not read" TE_UNKNOWN