#2793: CLDouble is nothing like a long double
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    Reporter:  jedbrown          |        Owner:  igloo           
        Type:  bug               |       Status:  new             
    Priority:  high              |    Milestone:  6.12.1          
   Component:  libraries/base    |      Version:  6.11            
    Severity:  normal            |   Resolution:                  
    Keywords:                    |   Difficulty:  Unknown         
    Testcase:                    |           Os:  Unknown/Multiple
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple  |  
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Comment (by simonmar):

 Wouldn't we have to implement long double as a new primitive type in GHC,
 provide support in all the code generators, including support for passing
 long double to C functions in all the native backends?  It's a lot of
 work.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2793#comment:6>
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