[secdir] Re: [Last-Call] Secdir last call review of draft-ietf-dnsop-zoneversion-06

[Shawn Emery <[e-mail]>]

Hi Joe,

Thank you for clarifying.  I'm in agreement with current text then: 
unsigned decimal integer

Shawn.

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On 6/7/24 9:04 PM, [e-mail] wrote:
> Hi, all,
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>> On Jun 7, 2024, at 5:21 PM, Shawn Emery <[e-mail]> wrote:
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>> On 6/6/24 1:53 PM, Wessels, Duane wrote:
>>> Hi Shawn,
>>>
>>> Thank you for the review and comments.
>>>
>>> We’ve fixed the editorial comments you identified.
>>>
>>> Regarding “decimal integer” — we use that phrase only when 
>>> describing the
>>> presentation format (versus, say, hexadecimal) so we think it is 
>>> appropriate.
>>>
>>> However, we would defer to the advice or suggestion of the RFC editor or
>>> other experts on this, if they have an opinion.
>>
>> My first intuition was that a decimal is an integer with a fractional 
>> component.  However, precedence in this area has more credence than 
>> my intuition ;)
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> Decimal refers to the base-10 number system, i.e., integer powers of 
> 10 (both positive, zero, and negative). Octal is the same for base 8; 
> hexadecimal for base 10. All can be integer or floating point.
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> Base number systems use a separator called a “radix point” to indicate 
> the boundary between non-negative and negative powers. When the radix 
> point is used in the decimal system, it is called the decimal point. 
> IMO that can be considered a contraction of “decimal radix point”.
>
> Finally, integers don’t have fractional parts. Floating point numbers 
> do, though.
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