float:fromHexString throws an error when used

[ushirask]

Description:
float:fromHexString function throws the following error
error: {ballerina}TypeCastError {"message":"incompatible types: 'handle' cannot be cast to '(float|error)'"} at ballerina.lang.float.1_0_0:fromHexString(float.bal:367)

Steps to reproduce:

import ballerina/io;

public function main() {
    io:println(float:fromHexString("0x1a"));
}

It gives the same error with or without the 0x prefix (as used in int:fromHexString )

Affected Versions:
Ballerina Swan Lake Beta 2
Language specification 2021R1
Update Tool 1.3.5

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[jclark]

That's not a valid HexFloatingPointLiteral.

[ushirask]

That's not a valid HexFloatingPointLiteral.

The error persists with valid HexFloatingPointLiterals