#15062: num009 is incredibly platform-sensitive -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: bgamari | Owner: (none) Type: bug | Status: new Priority: high | Milestone: 8.6.1 Component: Test Suite | Version: 8.2.2 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- The functions tested by `num009` are certainly worthwhile to test, but we really need to find a better way to test them. Currently the test seemingly fails in more places than it passes: * Fails on Darwin (#2370) * Fails on POWER8 (#13634) * Fails on Win32 when in the `ghci` way (no ticket) * Fails under i386 on CircleCI (e.g. https://circleci.com/gh/ghc/ghc/3666) Perhaps we should instead test the output against the same evaluations performed by a C program. This would eliminate spurious failures due to platform or C library differences. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/15062 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler