[Json] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC8259 (5355)

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Subject: [Json] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC8259 (5355)
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The following errata report has been submitted for RFC8259,
"The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data Interchange Format".

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You may review the report below and at:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid5355

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Type: Technical
Reported by: Anders Rundgren <anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com>

Section: 6

Original Text
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Note that when such software is used, numbers that are integers and
are in the range [-(2**53)+1, (2**53)-1] are interoperable in the
sense that implementations will agree exactly on their numeric
values.

Corrected Text
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Note that when such software is used, numbers that are integers and
are in the range [-(2**53), (2**53)] are interoperable in the
sense that implementations will agree exactly on their numeric
values.

Notes
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The limit is presumably derived from ECMAScript which says:

"The value of Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER is the largest integer n such that n and n + 1 are both exactly representable as a Number value"

However, Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER is 9007199254740991 ((2*53)-1) making n+1 (2**53) the largest exactly representable Number value

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RFC8259 (draft-ietf-jsonbis-rfc7159bis-04)
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Title               : The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data Interchange Format
Publication Date    : December 2017
Author(s)           : T. Bray, Ed.
Category            : INTERNET STANDARD
Source              : Javascript Object Notation Update
Area                : Applications and Real-Time
Stream              : IETF
Verifying Party     : IESG