\[a \cdot a - b \cdot b\]
a \cdot a - b \cdot b
double f(double a, double b) {
        double r8494 = a;
        double r8495 = r8494 * r8494;
        double r8496 = b;
        double r8497 = r8496 * r8496;
        double r8498 = r8495 - r8497;
        return r8498;
}

Reproduce

Please include this information when filing a bug report:

herbie shell --seed 2019305 
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "Difference of squares"
  :precision binary64

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

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

Backtrace

exact?: contract violation expected: number? given: 'h1LC
egg-parsed->expr/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt650
for-loop/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt706
egg-parsed->expr/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt650
for-loop/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt706
egg-parsed->expr/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt650
(unnamed)/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/simplify.rkt498
egraph-add-exprs/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt1220
egraph-run/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt550
(unnamed)/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/simplify.rkt380
simplify!/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/mainloop.rkt2230
run-improve47/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/mainloop.rkt3450
(unnamed)/opt/racket-7.2/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt26128
run/opt/racket-7.2/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt392
profile-thunk16/opt/racket-7.2/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt90
(unnamed)/opt/racket-7.2/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt26128