[GHC] #3897: reading a large String as Double takes too long

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#3897: reading a large String as Double takes too long
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    Reporter:  maeder   |        Owner:                         
        Type:  bug      |       Status:  new                    
    Priority:  normal   |    Milestone:  6.14.1                 
   Component:  Prelude  |      Version:  6.12.1                 
    Keywords:           |   Difficulty:                         
          Os:  Linux    |     Testcase:                         
Architecture:  x86      |      Failure:  Runtime performance bug
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Changes (by igloo):

  * milestone:  => 6.14.1


Comment:

 {{{
 Prelude> (1e1000000000 :: Double) `seq` ()
 <interactive>: out of memory (requested 537919488 bytes)
 }}}

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