Good point. I've fixed GHC's online documentation as you suggest. For the H98 report I'll put it in the bug list.
Simon | -----Original Message----- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:glasgow-haskell-bugs- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Moran | Sent: 11 February 2004 19:13 | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: Documentation bug? {Numeric,GHC.Float}.floatToDigits: requires anon-negative argument | | | The library report doesn't seem to mention this, but giving floatToDigits a | negative number leads to nonsensical answers: | | Prelude> Numeric.floatToDigits 10 (-3.1415) | ([-32,5,8,5],0) | | Now, this probably makes perfect sense, but shouldn't the doco mention the | fact that floatToDigits requires a non-negative number? It does for other | functions that require non-negative arguments. | | A | | -- | Andy Moran Ph. (503) 626 6616, x113 | Galois Connections Inc. Fax. (503) 350 0833 | 12725 SW Millikan Way, Suite #290 http://www.galois.com | Beaverton, OR 97005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | _______________________________________________ | Glasgow-haskell-bugs mailing list | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-bugs _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-bugs
