[Haskell-beginners] Generating Random Float

[Daniel Fischer]

Am Freitag 23 April 2010 15:33:43 schrieb Giorgio Stefanoni:
>
> However, if I try to generate a Float instead, I always get an
> Arithmetic Overflow error that I can not understand.
>
>  Code:
>
> rand :: IO Float
> rand = do		r <- newStdGen
> 			let (x1, r2) = randomR (0.0::Float,1.0::Float) r
> 			print x1
> 			return x1
>

Works here. And it should.
Must be the implementation you use, though I can't imagine why it would 
screw up on this.

>
>
> Do you have any clue why this happens?
>
> Thanks in advance,