Re: [Json] Limitations on number size?

Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> Wed, 05 June 2013 04:05 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Json] Limitations on number size?
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On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 9:06 PM, R S <sayrer@gmail.com> wrote:
> On the issue at hand, it might be good to rewrite the beginning of the
> "Number" section along these lines:
>
> - The representation of numbers is similar to that used in most programming
> languages.
> + JSON numbers are arbitrary precision, and represented in a manner similar
> to that used in most programming languages.

It might be nice to be able to specify some ranges that MUST be
supported by decoders, but in practice I think we can't (and probably
shouldn't try to) even do that.

Nico
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