#4381: scaleFloat does not handle overflow correctly.
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Reporter: draconx | Owner: simonmar
Type: bug | Status: patch
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: libraries/base | Version: 6.12.3
Keywords: | Testcase:
Blockedby: | Difficulty:
Os: Unknown/Multiple | Blocking:
Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Failure: Incorrect result at runtime
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Changes (by simonmar):
* owner: daniel.is.fischer => simonmar
Comment:
I don't fully understand the patch. Why the magic 2500 value? Why isn't
it different for 32 vs. 64 bit, or Float vs. Double? If you could write a
short explanation for us non-floating-point-experts I'll drop it into the
code as a comment. Thanks!
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/4381#comment:4>
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