[GHC] #9276: audit ghc floating point support for IEEE (non)compliance

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#9276: audit ghc floating point support for IEEE (non)compliance
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        Reporter:  carter            |            Owner:  carter
            Type:  task              |           Status:  new
        Priority:  high              |        Milestone:  7.10.1
       Component:  Compiler          |          Version:  7.8.2
      Resolution:                    |         Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |       Difficulty:  Unknown
       Test Case:                    |       Blocked By:
        Blocking:  9304              |  Related Tickets:
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Comment (by schyler):

 Ideally, adapters should be used to emulate floating point behaviour. I'm
 not sure how complex it is, but you shouldn't lose any optimisations in
 cross compiling -- what if cross compiling is normal, i.e. embedded?

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