On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 04:49:00PM +0200, Daniel Fischer wrote: > > unsafeCoerce# :: Word64# -> Double# ? > > By the docs, that isn't supposed to work. Is it not supposed to work only > because it's not value-preserving (unsafeCoerce# 1## /=## 1.0##) or are > there more pitfalls?
It can fail to compile, even; see http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2209 > If there are more pitfalls, is there any chance of getting a function which > reinterprets the bit-patterns? There's a feature request for that here: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/4092 Thanks Ian _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
