On Mon, 23 May 2011 08:50:55 -0500
Anthony Liguori<address@hidden> wrote:
The actual value of the alert will surprise you :-)
Integers in Javascript are actually represented as doubles
internally which means that integer constants are only accurate up
to 52 bits.
So really, we should cap integers at 32-bit :-/
Have I mentioned recently that I really dislike JSON...
NB, I am distinguishing between JSON the generic specification and
JSON as implemented in web browsers. JSON the specification has *no*
limitation on integers.
The spec has no notion of integers at all. Here's the relevant text.
Note that the BNF only has a single entry point for numbers. It does
not distinguish between integers and floating point numbers. Also, the
only discussion of valid numbers is about whether the number can be
represented as a rational number. I think the only way to read the spec
here is that *all* numbers are meant to be represented as floating point
numbers.
Python json works just fine:
import json
json.dumps(9223372036854775807)
'9223372036854775807'
json.loads('9223372036854775807')
9223372036854775807