[project @ 2004-02-09 17:21:33 by ross]

the H98 Report no longer says Char is 16 bits, plus a typo

diff --git a/ghc/docs/users_guide/bugs.sgml b/ghc/docs/users_guide/bugs.sgml
index 3e2039e..3b1ec99 100644 (file)
--- a/ghc/docs/users_guide/bugs.sgml
+++ b/ghc/docs/users_guide/bugs.sgml
@@ -115,19 +115,6 @@ main = print (array (1,1) [(1,2), (1,3)])</programlisting>
 
       <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
-         <term>The <literal>Char</literal> type</term>
-         <indexterm><primary><literal>Char</literal></primary><secondary>size
-         of</secondary></indexterm>
-         <listitem>
-           <para>The Haskell report says that the
-           <literal>Char</literal> type holds 16 bits.  GHC follows
-           the ISO-10646 standard a little more closely:
-           <literal>maxBound :: Char</literal> in GHC is
-           <literal>0x10FFFF</literal>.</para>
-         </listitem>
-       </varlistentry>
-
-       <varlistentry>
          <term>Arbitrary-sized tuples</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Tuples are currently limited to size 100.  HOWEVER:
@@ -147,7 +134,7 @@ main = print (array (1,1) [(1,2), (1,3)])</programlisting>
            <listitem>
              <para>GHC's implementation of the
              <literal>Read</literal> class for integral types accepts
-             hexadeciaml and octal literals (the code in the Haskell
+             hexadecimal and octal literals (the code in the Haskell
              98 report doesn't).  So, for example,
 <programlisting>read "0xf00" :: Int</programlisting>
               works in GHC.</para>
@@ -168,6 +155,17 @@ main = print (array (1,1) [(1,2), (1,3)])</programlisting>
 
     <variablelist>
       <varlistentry>
+       <term>The <literal>Char</literal> type</term>
+       <indexterm><primary><literal>Char</literal></primary><secondary>size
+       of</secondary></indexterm>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>Following the ISO-10646 standard,
+         <literal>maxBound :: Char</literal> in GHC is
+         <literal>0x10FFFF</literal>.</para>
+       </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
        <term>Sized integral types</term>
        <indexterm><primary><literal>Int</literal></primary><secondary>size of</secondary>
        </indexterm>