#8823: showFloat for higher precision types produces strange results for some values ------------------------------------------------+-------------------------- Reporter: axman6 | Owner: Type: bug | Status: closed Priority: low | Milestone: Component: Prelude | Version: Resolution: invalid | 7.8.1-rc1 Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Keywords: Type of failure: Incorrect result at runtime | Architecture: Test Case: | Unknown/Multiple Blocking: | Difficulty: | Unknown | Blocked By: | Related Tickets: ------------------------------------------------+-------------------------- Comment (by axman6): Hmmm, it seems you're right, but nonetheless my implementation of decodeFloat is the only one that makes sense for my type since it can represent more than 212 bits of data (for example 1.0000000...005 is represented with the doubles 1.0 and 0.5eN, and 0 for the two other doubles]). It seems that perhaps in my case I may need floatDigits to be very large indeed or use another method to show the number. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8823#comment:3 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler