[erlang-bugs] Crash on attempted use of float_to_binary/2

[Steve Davis]

Hi,

During my learning process I was trying to convert floats to binary, I 
inadvisedly tried the following:

to_binary(X) when is_float(X) -> erlang:float_to_binary(X, 64).

I do understand that this BIF has been removed, and it did throw an 
expected "erlang:float_to_binary/2 not defined" error BUT within 20 
seconds of running that code my PC "bluescreened" (for the first time in 
over 3 years).

I am not at all certain it's reproducible but I don't want to risk 
trying it again on my machine... but I do strongly suspect that the 
underlying c code for this bif remains, and this caused the observed result.

System details:
Erlang R12B-5/erts 5.6.5
Windows XP SP3
Acer Ferrari 3400 (a laptop)


Regards,
Steve