[GHC] #2246: Numeric literal very badly optimized

[GHC]

#2246: Numeric literal very badly optimized
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 Reporter:  guest     |          Owner:  igloo      
     Type:  merge     |         Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal    |      Milestone:  6.10 branch
Component:  Compiler  |        Version:  6.9        
 Severity:  major     |     Resolution:             
 Keywords:            |     Difficulty:  Unknown    
 Testcase:            |   Architecture:  x86        
       Os:  MacOS X   |  
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Changes (by simonpj):

  * owner:  simonpj => igloo
  * type:  bug => merge

Comment:

 Fixed by
 {{{
 Tue May  6 03:25:51 PDT 2008  simonpj at microsoft.com
   * Fix Trac #2246; overhaul handling of overloaded literals
 }}}
 I'm not sure this is worth propagating to the 6.8 branch; maybe worth it
 if it goes over cleanly.

 I don't know how to make a test for this.

 Simon

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