[GHC] #15646: ghci takes super long time to find the type of large fractional number

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#15646: ghci takes super long time to find the type of large fractional number
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        Reporter:  Johannkokos       |                Owner:
                                     |  JulianLeviston
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.6.1
       Component:  GHCi              |              Version:  8.4.3
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:  newcomer
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
 Type of failure:  Compile-time      |  Unknown/Multiple
  performance bug                    |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
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Comment (by osa1):

 > a floating point literal like 1e100 means fromRational (n % d) where
 "the
 > integers n and d are chosen so that n/d = f"

 But finding the n and d should happen after type checking, no? Why idoes
 this
 even effect type checking time? Shouldn't `:t` just do type checking?

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