The fix is trivial though (and have been applied to HEAD) --
http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/588
--sigbjorn
GHC wrote:
#882: Overflow bug in System.Time
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Reporter: simonpj | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: libraries/base | Version: 6.4.2
Severity: normal | Keywords:
Os: Unknown | Difficulty: Unknown
Architecture: Unknown |
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Frederik Eaton reports: The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System,
version 6.4.3.20060816
{{{
> now <- getClockTime
> addToClockTime (TimeDiff {tdYear = 0, tdMonth = 0, tdDay = 0, tdHour =
0, tdMin = 0, tdSec = 0, tdPicosec = 999999999999}) now
*** Exception: Time.toClockTime: picoseconds out of range
}}}
This is clearly a bug. Simon Marlow comments: System.Time is kind-of
deprecated: the new time package is intended to supercede it, but I have
been reluctant to really deprecate System.Time because it comes from
Haskell98, and also because we don't have much experience with its
replacement.
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