[GHC] #2166: minBound `rem` (-1) fails

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#2166: minBound `rem` (-1) fails
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 Reporter:  atsampson       |          Owner:         
     Type:  bug             |         Status:  closed 
 Priority:  normal          |      Milestone:         
Component:  libraries/base  |        Version:  6.8.2  
 Severity:  minor           |     Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:                  |     Difficulty:  Unknown
 Testcase:                  |   Architecture:  x86    
       Os:  Linux           |  
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Changes (by igloo):

  * status:  new => closed
  * difficulty:  => Unknown
  * resolution:  => wontfix

Comment:

 It would be odd for
 {{{
 (minBound :: Int) `rem` (-1)
 }}}
 to be different to
 {{{
 snd ((minBound :: Int) `quotRem` (-1))
 }}}
 Perhaps we could also say
 {{{
 quotRem x y
  | x == minBound && y == (-1) = (overflowError, 0)
 }}}
 although then the exception won't be thrown until later (is that good or
 bad?).

 Anyway, can you please make a
 [http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Library_submissions library
 submissions proposal] for this?

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2166#comment:1>
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