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Clarify number formats allowed
Hey,
I've read the spec but I'm still not sure what number formats are allowed in integer and floating point types. Based on the Ruby and JS implementations, I think that the only valid formats are:
(0|[1-9][0-9]*)for unsigned integers-?(0|[1-9][0-9]*)for signed integers-?(0|[1-9][0-9]*)(.[0-9]*)?for floating points
But the spec says:
Signed integer literals are identified by the "i" tag, with an associated JSON string literal value containing the string representation of a valid JSON integer literal
and
Floating points [...] should use the native JSON syntax
In RFC 7159, valid numbers are defined as number = [ minus ] int [ frac ] [ exp ], so -1e+1=-10 and 3E-2=0.03 are valid JSON numbers, whereas they are not valid in TJSON (?)
Can you please clarify this for me? Thanks!