From: ross <unknown>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 17:21:33 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: [project @ 2004-02-09 17:21:33 by ross]
X-Git-Tag: Approx_11550_changesets_converted~97
X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?p=ghc-hetmet.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=e6e4ee996be3c07cabb7dfa6b7a9d007a38cf317

[project @ 2004-02-09 17:21:33 by ross]
the H98 Report no longer says Char is 16 bits, plus a typo
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diff --git a/ghc/docs/users_guide/bugs.sgml b/ghc/docs/users_guide/bugs.sgml
index 3e2039e..3b1ec99 100644
--- 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>