[GHC] #1579: instance Read Integer contradicts Haskell98

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#1579: instance Read Integer contradicts Haskell98
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 Reporter:  Isaac Dupree    |          Owner:             
     Type:  bug             |         Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal          |      Milestone:  6.10 branch
Component:  libraries/base  |        Version:  6.6.1      
 Severity:  normal          |     Resolution:             
 Keywords:                  |     Difficulty:  Unknown    
 Testcase:                  |   Architecture:  Unknown    
       Os:  Unknown         |  
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Changes (by igloo):

  * milestone:  => 6.10 branch

Comment:

 Thanks for the report; there's also a bug in bugs.xml (in the users guide)
 about Read Integer allowing hexadecimal and octal values. We should either
 fix these in 6.10 (the next chance we have) or convince Haskell' to agree
 with us.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1579#comment:2>
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