[GHC] #7295: bad code for Double literals

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#7295: bad code for Double literals
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    Reporter:  jwlato            |       Owner:  igloo           
        Type:  bug               |      Status:  patch           
    Priority:  high              |   Milestone:  7.8.1           
   Component:  Compiler          |     Version:  7.6.1           
    Keywords:                    |          Os:  Unknown/Multiple
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Failure:  None/Unknown    
  Difficulty:  Unknown           |    Testcase:                  
   Blockedby:                    |    Blocking:                  
     Related:                    |  
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Changes (by jwlato):

  * status:  new => patch


Comment:

 I put together a patch along the lines of SPJ's suggestion.  It seems to
 work for this small test and some other code, but I was unable to validate
 it (the validation build doesn't work for me with or without this patch).

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7295#comment:3>
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