#5688: instance Read Integer/Rational/Double readsPrec out of memory and crash
due
to exponential notation
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Reporter: gracjan | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: patch
Priority: normal | Component: libraries/base
Version: 6.12.3 | Keywords:
Os: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple
Failure: Runtime crash | Testcase:
Blockedby: | Blocking:
Related: |
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Comment(by FSalad):
No segfault on my system (Linux 3.1.1, GHC 7.2.1), just goes into a
memory-consuming, ^C-resistant loop (presumably due to the huge size the
representation of `read "12e1000000000000" :: Integer` would have)
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