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In haskell, every literal is constructed via an Integer (big int) or Rational, which is then converted into the final representation. (roughly). I'm actually sl
by carterschonwald 12y ago
In haskell, every literal is constructed via an Integer (big int) or Rational, which is then converted into the final representation. (roughly). I'm actually slowly doing some auditing of GHC Haskell's floating point machinery as I find the time.
- dragonwriter 12y agoThat makes sense as the underlying implementation approach, but I was more referring to the "final" representation (I've also edited the description as it regards Haskell with more details, since its not really about literal handling specifically, though that's subsumed within it.)