[GHC] #11170: (read ".9") :: Double unable to parse

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#11170: (read ".9") :: Double unable to parse
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        Reporter:  varosi            |                Owner:
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  closed
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Core Libraries    |              Version:  7.10.2
      Resolution:  wontfix           |             Keywords:  Read, report-
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Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
 Type of failure:  Incorrect result  |  Unknown/Multiple
  at runtime                         |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
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Comment (by varosi):

 I have already written my own Attoparsec parser for that. For me at first
 sight it was a bug, because I used to use ".[decimal]" for floats on other
 languages.

 Okay, thank you for the thorough research about it! For all those reasons
 it seems that current implementation is the right way to be done in
 Haskell.

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