Re: [Json] JSON Schema Language

[Nico Williams <[e-mail]>]

On Sun, May 05, 2019 at 01:05:30PM -0400, John Cowan wrote:
> The Scheme language makes very clear distinctions here.  Integers are a
> subset of rational numbers, which are a subset of real numbers, which are a
> subset of complex numbers, and there are predicates for detecting any of
> them (normally `complex?` is the same as `number?`, but if you want to add
> quaternions you can).

We're not talking about Scheme.  We're talking about JSON.

JSON allows encoders to output 10.0, therefore parsers should handle it.

If a schema indicates that some value should be an integer, and the
parser sees 10.0, then the parser should accept that as the integer
value 10.

Nico
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