[GHC] #5688: instance Read Integer/Rational/Double readsPrec out of memory and crash due to exponential notation

[GHC]

#5688: instance Read Integer/Rational/Double readsPrec out of memory and crash due
to exponential notation
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  Reporter:  gracjan           |          Owner:  igloo           
      Type:  bug               |         Status:  new             
  Priority:  highest           |      Milestone:  7.4.2           
 Component:  libraries/base    |        Version:  6.12.3          
Resolution:                    |       Keywords:                  
        Os:  Unknown/Multiple  |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
   Failure:  Runtime crash     |     Difficulty:  Unknown         
  Testcase:                    |      Blockedby:                  
  Blocking:                    |        Related:                  
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Comment(by maeder):

 Replying to [comment:45 maeder]:
 > In this case, just checking the exponent against MAX_EXP and MIN_EXP is
 not enough. The length of the leading fractional needs to be considered,
 too, i.e. for extreme examples like "1000000000000000000e-1022" or
 "0.00000000000000000000001e1023".

 This means checking the exponent size after normalizing the fraction
 (starting with 1).

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5688#comment:46>
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