\[a \cdot a - b \cdot b\]
a \cdot a - b \cdot b
double f(double a, double b) {
        double r8480 = a;
        double r8481 = r8480 * r8480;
        double r8482 = b;
        double r8483 = r8482 * r8482;
        double r8484 = r8481 - r8483;
        return r8484;
}

Reproduce

Please include this information when filing a bug report:

herbie shell --seed 2019194 
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "Difference of squares"

  :herbie-target
  (* (+ a b) (- a b))

  (- (* a a) (* b b)))

Backtrace

result arity mismatch; expected number of values not received expected: 2 received: 1 in: local-binding form values...: 0LC
loop/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/various-cleanup/src/core/extraction.rkt252
(unnamed)/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/various-cleanup/src/core/simplify.rkt260
simplify!/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/various-cleanup/src/mainloop.rkt2200
run-improve47/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/various-cleanup/src/mainloop.rkt3420
(unnamed)/opt/racket-7.0/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt26128
run/opt/racket-7.0/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt392
profile-thunk16/opt/racket-7.0/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt90
(unnamed)/opt/racket-7.0/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt26128