[GHC] #2076: rational infinities don't compare correctly to each other

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Tue Dec 4 09:58:02 CET 2012


#2076: rational infinities don't compare correctly to each other
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  Reporter:  uhollerbach       |          Owner:  jeffrey         
      Type:  bug               |         Status:  closed          
  Priority:  normal            |      Milestone:  _|_             
 Component:  libraries/base    |        Version:  6.8.2           
Resolution:  wontfix           |       Keywords:                  
        Os:  Unknown/Multiple  |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
   Failure:  None/Unknown      |     Difficulty:  Unknown         
  Testcase:                    |      Blockedby:                  
  Blocking:                    |        Related:                  
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Changes (by simonmar):

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


Comment:

 Lots of good discussion on this subject in #3676.  I think we concluded
 that `Rational` does not include infinity as a value.  Based on that, and
 the fact that `1%0` is actually `_|_`, I'm closing this ticket.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2076#comment:8>
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