[GHC] #5856: numrun012 test fails on i686 works on x86_64

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Tue Jul 10 15:30:35 CEST 2012


#5856: numrun012 test fails on i686 works on x86_64
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    Reporter:  td123                         |       Owner:  pcapriotti  
        Type:  bug                           |      Status:  new         
    Priority:  normal                        |   Milestone:  7.6.1       
   Component:  Test Suite                    |     Version:  7.4.1       
    Keywords:  numrun012 unexpected failure  |          Os:  Linux       
Architecture:  x86                           |     Failure:  None/Unknown
  Difficulty:  Unknown                       |    Testcase:  numrun012   
   Blockedby:                                |    Blocking:              
     Related:                                |  
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Comment(by pcapriotti):

 This is caused by the fact that the code generator on x86 works with
 `excess-precision` enabled, regardless of the flag (see #5165).

 We should probably just fix the test so that it works with precision
 better
 than double.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5856#comment:11>
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