Re: read-ing scientific notation

2001-10-14 Thread Jon Fairbairn
> > The lexical syntax says that > > 10e3 > > means > > 10 e3 > > (i.e. two lexemes). I don't like this choice, and it could be "fixed" > > in the Revised H98 report. > > What is the likelihood of anyone *intentionally* writing an integer > abutted directly with a varid, followed direct

RE: read-ing scientific notation

2001-10-13 Thread Malcolm Wallace
> The lexical syntax says that > 10e3 > means > 10 e3 > (i.e. two lexemes). I don't like this choice, and it could be "fixed" > in the Revised H98 report. What is the likelihood of anyone *intentionally* writing an integer abutted directly with a varid, followed directly by another

RE: read-ing scientific notation

2001-10-12 Thread Mark Carroll
On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Simon Peyton-Jones wrote: > | GHC is oddly particular about decimal points in "read"-ing in > | of Doubles in scientific notation. It seems that read > | "3.0e-06" is acceptable but read "3e-06" is not (both read > | "3" and read "3.0" work fine as Doubles). It's the same

RE: read-ing scientific notation

2001-10-12 Thread Simon Peyton-Jones
| GHC is oddly particular about decimal points in "read"-ing in | of Doubles in scientific notation. It seems that read | "3.0e-06" is acceptable but read "3e-06" is not (both read | "3" and read "3.0" work fine as Doubles). It's the same in | nhc and hugs. Perhaps this is some standard somewh