[vwrap] ECMA-262 and the Real LLSD type

["Hurliman, John" <[e-mail]>]

In draft-hamrick-llsd-00 "3.2. JSON Serialization" it states:

   Real  LLSD 'Real' values are represented by the JSON non-terminal 'number'.

Then later in "Appendix A. ABNF of Real Values" it lists a series of strings that can be converted into real values:

   negative-infinity =  %x2D.49.6E.66.69,6E.69.74.79   ; "-Infinity"
   negative-zero     =  %x2D.5A.65.72.6F               ; "-Zero"
   zero              =  %x30.2E.30                     ; "0.0"
   positive-zero     =  %x2B.5A.65.72.6F               ; "+Zero"
   positive-infinity =  %x2B.49.6E.66.69,6E.69.74.79   ; "+Infinity"
   signaling-nan       =  %4E.61.4E.53                   ; "NaNS"
   quiet-nan         =  %4E.61.4E.51                   ; "NaNQ"

Does this mean that an LLSD real type with a value of -Infinity needs to be converted to a JSON string, and would be decoded on the receiving side as an LLSD string with value "-Infinity" (that happens to have a valid conversion to an LLSD real)? ECMA-262 does not support Infinity, NaN, etc. for the JSON 'number' type so it looks like we need to transmit those values as strings.

John