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Re: [Json] -0.0

John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org> Fri, 27 September 2013 22:41 UTC

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R S scripsit:

> I think this thread and the text in the draft shows that the WG didn't
> fully understand what the chairs took to be consensus. It was nearly
> a mistake, but it would have been *fine* if the WG let the existing
> "implementations may place limitations on the range of numbers accepted"
> text stand. Why not do that?

Failure to distinguish between zero and negative zero is not a limitation
of range.

Limitations of precision are not limitations of range.

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