I don't know if it is a bug, but
100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 = 0 (mod 2^32),
so, if GHC considers exponent as Int (not Integer), then it's the same
as 1e0 = 1. In the same way,
999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 = -1 (mod 2^32),
and 1e-(-1) = 1e1 = 10.
Note also that the function "exponent" from the RealFloat class has
the type
exponent :: a -> Int
On 5 Apr 2008, at 12:00, Vladimir Reshetnikov wrote:
The float literal 1e-100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 in
GHC evaluates to 1.0, and
1e-999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 evaluates to 10.0.
Is it a bug, or a documented overflow behavior?
What it the correct place to submit bug reports concerning GHC?
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Thank you,
Vladimir Reshetnikov (aka nikov),
Microsoft MVP
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