#11632: Data.Char repeated readLitChar barfs on output from show "ó1" -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: inversemot | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: libraries/base | Version: 7.10.3 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Linux | Architecture: Type of failure: Incorrect result | Unknown/Multiple at runtime | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Changes (by rwbarton): * priority: high => normal @@ -1,5 +1,0 @@ - {{{ - Prelude> let s = "ó1" in read (show s) - *** Exception: Prelude.read: no parse - }}} - New description: "ó1" is "\243\&1" and when shown that's `"\"\\243\\&1\""` {{{#!hs readLitChar "\"\\243\\&1\"" = [('"', "\\243\\&1\"")] readLitChar "\\243\\&1\"" = [('\243', "\\&1\"")] --should have consumed "\\&" readLitChar "\\&1\"" = [] }}} -- Comment: Wait no, I'm wrong. `read (show "ó1")` works fine, I just forgot to ask for a string. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/11632#comment:3 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler