#5764: Double addition error
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Reporter: jimstutt | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: closed
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Compiler | Version: 7.2.2
Resolution: invalid | Keywords:
Os: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: x86
Failure: Incorrect result at runtime | Difficulty: Unknown
Testcase: | Blockedby:
Blocking: | Related:
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Comment(by jimstutt):
Embarrassment. Didn't mean to waste time - didn't know or realise ghc
stuck to IEEE representation nor that addition has rounding errors, not
just division. Back to "what every scientist should know about floating
point..". And too blind to see 3.0 not .3. Apologies.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5764#comment:4>
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