On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 10:55 -0700, Bryan O'Sullivan wrote: > In a similar vein, I was initially perplexed when I > found that an expression like this produces garbage instead of an error: > > read "11111111111111111111111111111111111" :: Int > > I have not seen a lot of interest expressed in fixing this sort of > misbehaviour, which jars a little with the usual emphasis on stringency > and testing.
I'd really like to have errors on overflow, at least as an option, even if it is costly in terms of performance. Is there a Trac ticket or something for this? -k _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
