[GHC] #13124: Template Haskell: Floating point literals that cannot be represented by rationals

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#13124: Template Haskell: Floating point literals that cannot be represented by
rationals
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        Reporter:  lerkok            |                Owner:
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Template Haskell  |              Version:  8.0.1
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Comment (by lerkok):

 @rwbarton Good point. I think it really comes down to special things like
 `NaN`, `Infinity` and `negative-zero` where the Rational representation
 just does not suffice. But perhaps that shortcoming doesn't warrant
 changing the AST and complicating the matters.

 I'm happy with a `wont-fix` decision here. This is clearly not the highest
 priority item in the TH story.

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