Unnecessary overflow in encodeFloat
Prelude> encodeFloat (2^1024) (-1024)
Infinity
The real result is 1.0
of course.
The docs for encodeFloat
now say that the result is infinite if overflow occurs, so technically we're within the spec, but I think in this case it shouldn't overflow.
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Version | 7.2.1 |
Type | Bug |
TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
Priority | normal |
Resolution | Unresolved |
Component | libraries/base |
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