define gcd 0 0 = 0 (Ticket #3304)

roconnor at theorem.ca roconnor at theorem.ca
Tue Jul 7 21:57:59 EDT 2009


As much as I'd love gcd 0 0 to be 0, the major problem is that this change 
would contradict the Haskell 98 report.

Persumably the Haskell report needs to be changed first.

Is there a ticket for this for Haskell prime?  I didn't find one.

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