#7266: Allow fractional-looking integer literals -------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Reporter: shachaf | Owner: Type: feature request | Status: patch Priority: high | Milestone: 7.8.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 7.6.1 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Difficulty: Unknown Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: 2245 -------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Comment (by Austin Seipp ): In [changeset:a6be6f1bd30c1476718392a259cfccf082d0da4d/ghc]: {{{ #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc" revision="a6be6f1bd30c1476718392a259cfccf082d0da4d" Implement -XNumDecimals (#7266) Under -XNumDecimals, it's possible to specify an integer literal using compact "floating point" syntax for any floating literal constant which also happens to be an integer. This lets us write 1.2e6 :: Integer instead of: 1200000 :: Integer This also makes some amendments to the users guide. Authored-by: Shachaf Ben-Kiki Signed-off-by: Austin Seipp }}} -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7266#comment:5 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler