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`seq 4e4000003 4e4000003` is causing an infinite loop

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Description

Looking at seq oss fuzz coverage, I noticed that it wasn't producing much.
Writing a fuzz on seq parse number, i noticed that:
cargo run seq 4e4000003 4e4000003
is running forever

while GNU is doing:

$ LANG=C /usr/bin/seq 4e4000003 4e4000003
/usr/bin/seq: invalid floating point argument: '4e4000003'

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the reported cargo run seq 4e4000003 4e4000003 command and tracing seq's number parsing and iteration logic. Done means this input terminates with an invalid floating-point argument error rather than looping indefinitely, consistent with GNU seq.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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