[GHC] #4413: (^^) is not correct for Double and Float

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#4413: (^^) is not correct for Double and Float
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    Reporter:  daniel.is.fischer              |        Owner:                             
        Type:  bug                            |       Status:  new                        
    Priority:  normal                         |    Milestone:                             
   Component:  libraries/base                 |      Version:  7.1                        
    Keywords:  Double, Float, exponentiation  |     Testcase:                             
   Blockedby:                                 |   Difficulty:                             
          Os:  Unknown/Multiple               |     Blocking:                             
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple               |      Failure:  Incorrect result at runtime
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Comment(by igloo):

 I'm not sure I see why this is necessarily more correct in general.

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