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Re: [Json] Limitations on number size?

Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> Tue, 09 July 2013 16:38 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Json] Limitations on number size?
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On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net> wrote:
> I think it is well-understood that if you need particularily small,
> big, precise or otherwise unusual numbers in JSON then it's best to
> encode them as strings so you can do the string-to-number conversion
> at a higher level than whatever JSON library you might be using today.

<semifacetious>
If that's what we should always do then why can't parsers do it automatically?
</semifacetious>

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