[GHC] #4500: Improve Read Integer

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#4500: Improve Read Integer
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  Reporter:  igloo           |          Owner:                  
      Type:  proposal        |         Status:  closed          
  Priority:  normal          |      Milestone:  Not GHC         
 Component:  libraries/base  |        Version:  7.0.1           
Resolution:  wontfix         |       Keywords:                  
  Testcase:                  |      Blockedby:                  
Difficulty:                  |             Os:  Unknown/Multiple
  Blocking:                  |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
   Failure:  None/Unknown    |  
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Changes (by igloo):

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


Comment:

 My intuition was that reads would accept any prefix that parses,
 but that isn't true (e.g. `reads "Truefoo" :: [(Bool, String)]`).

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/4500#comment:2>
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