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

Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com> Fri, 30 May 2014 21:39 UTC

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From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 14:38:40 -0700
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Subject: Re: [Json] I-JSON Topic #5: Numbers
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On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> wrote:

> ​​
>    ➧ In particular, an I-JSON sender MUST NOT expect a receiver to treat
> ​​
>    an integer whose absolute value is greater than 9007199254740992 (i.e.,
> ​​
>    that is outside the range [-2**53, 2**53], where ** stands for
> exponentiation)
> ​​
>    as an exact value.
>

​BTW, RFC7159 says: Note that when such software is used, numbers which 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.​
 So for consistency we should adjust this language to use this range and
the absolute value of 9007199254740991 - right?
​​

​​

​​

>
> This then leads well into the next paragraph:
>
>    For applications such as cryptography, where much larger numbers are
>    reasonably required, it is RECOMMENDED to encode them in JSON string
>    values.  This requires that the receiving program understand the
>    intended semantic of the value.
>
> Maybe s/where…are/where exact interchange of…is/ in there for even more
> clarity.
>
> Grüße, Carsten
>
>


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