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

Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> Thu, 22 May 2014 16:15 UTC

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From: Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>
To: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
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Subject: Re: [Json] I-JSON Topic #5: Numbers
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My proposal is to reference IEEE 754 and perhaps have some informative
references to various web pages detailing the limitations of IEEE 754
doubles.  Then state that any numbers which cannot be represented -by
JSON implementations that use IEEE 754 doubles- with sufficient
precision/accuracy/fidelity SHOULD NOT (MUST NOT?) be sent as JSON
numbers.

Alternatively, find a suitable external, informative reference to the
limitations of IEEE 754, get permission to copy its text, then paste
it in.

Or, if IEEE 754 covers these issues in sufficient detail, then just
normatively reference IEEE 754 and call it a day.

If IEEE 754 does not cover these issues in sufficient detail then we
probably could do with a generic RFC on the matter...

Nico
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