# Using unsafePerformIO safely?

**URL:** <https://discourse.haskell.org/t/using-unsafeperformio-safely/4146>\
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**Created:** [February 28, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/using-unsafeperformio-safely/4146 "2022-02-28T14:41:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 12:18pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/using-unsafeperformio-safely/4146/52 "2022-07-20T12:18:40Z")

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It’s not quite clear to me why that can’t just be done in `IO`.

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