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Re: [Json] I-JSON Topic #5: Numbers

"Joe Hildebrand (jhildebr)" <jhildebr@cisco.com> Mon, 28 April 2014 20:52 UTC

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From: "Joe Hildebrand (jhildebr)" <jhildebr@cisco.com>
To: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>, "Matt Miller (mamille2)" <mamille2@cisco.com>
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Will we need to talk about subnormals, -0, NaN, Infinity, and the like?


On 4/28/14, 2:22 PM, "Tim Bray" <tbray@textuality.com> wrote:

>It occurs to me that it would be super-useful for the draft to include
>explanation of how to follow this rule, including examples of printf and
>Java format strings.
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>On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 1:02 PM, Matt Miller
><mamille2@cisco.com> wrote:
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>"draft-i-json-01 says that you MUST not put in a string representing a
>number with greater precision/magnitude than IEEE754 doubles can
>support.   I think this is a good idea but I'm a little nervous
>because I?ve never written the code; if this is unreasonably hard at
>either the sending or receiving end someone should say so."
>
>If you have suggestions for better text -- or other comments/concerns
>on this language -- please respond to this thread with your
>suggestions or reasoning.


-- 
Joe Hildebrand

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