#7365: rem function in ghci changes result when using the Int type
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Reporter: leonardo | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Component: GHCi
Version: 7.4.1 | Keywords:
Os: Windows | Architecture: x86
Failure: Incorrect result at runtime | Testcase:
Blockedby: | Blocking:
Related: |
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Comment(by michalt):
I might be missing something but, I don't really see a bug here.
```3^112``` is way too big to fit into an ```Int```, so it will overflow.
On the other hand ```Integer``` is an arbitrary-precision integer and
should be able to represent this number correctly...
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7365#comment:1>
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