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readDouble is off by 1-7 ULP; subnormals parse as 0 #218

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@skymanbp

Both double readers (bytestring-lexing and Data.Text.Read.double) are
approximate: 81% of a 200k show/read sample comes back 1-7 ULP off,
subnormals parse as 0.0, and the largest finite double parses as
Infinity.

An exact byte-level conversion with a Clinger fast path fixes all
three, but this is the parsing hot path (#214 review), so it'll come as
its own PR with benchmarks.

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