Hi,
This is the mailing list for libraries changes proposals.
What's the library you're proposing a change to, and what is the change
itself?
In other words, let's say your proposal gets accepted — what's next?
Roman
* harry
The Enum instances for Float and Double have dubious semantics which cause endless confusion, e.g. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13203471/the-math-behind-1-09999999999999..., http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9810002/floating-point-list-generator, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7290438/haskell-ranges-and-floats, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10328435/how-to-solve-floating-point-numb..., and many more.
I would therefore like to propose that the usage of an Enum instance of Float or Double generate a compiler warning, such as "The Enum instance of Float is subject to rounding errors". Deadline: 2 weeks.
Pedantic question: Should it be the Enum instance _of_ Float or _for_ Float?
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