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Jason Smith commented on COUCHDB-1410:
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Bob, the JSON definition of number is not loose. You have numerals, a dot,
numerals, an "E", and numerals. That pretty much describes arbitrary precision
decimals. Everybody keeps talking about JSON but the crucial matter is, what
does Couch do with *numbers*; or put another way, how can we expect the JSON to
*change* from a PUT to a GET.
Couch is used with instrumentation and scientific applications. Significant
figures matter. It would be nice Couch maintained them. But there are
workarounds, so that is merely a nice-to-have.
Simply identifying Couch's treatment of numbers is IMHO quite fine.
> Formally define number support
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> Key: COUCHDB-1410
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1410
> Project: CouchDB
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Affects Versions: 1.2
> Reporter: Robert Newson
> Priority: Blocker
> Fix For: 1.3
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> The JSON spec has a very loose definition of Number. CouchDB, as a database,
> should have well-defined and first class support for numbers (both integral
> and decimal). The precision of number support should be formally specified as
> should the algorithm used to represent floating-point values, especially
> where an approximation must be made in the conversion.
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