Re: precision on op:numeric-divide

On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 11:14:32PM -0800, Michael Brundage wrote:
> 
> In my experience, most XQuery implementations limit xs:integer to either
> 32-bit or 64-bit integers, and xs:decimal to either 64-bit or 128-bit
> numbers (i.e., whatever the underlying implementation language ? typically
> Java, C#, C++, etc. ? supports natively or through built-in libraries).

This is a little disappointing, because as far as I can see the rounding
semantics for xs:decimal's operators are not clearly specified.  I see
this as a deficiency, but perhaps others disagree.

Thanks,
Damien

Received on Wednesday, 10 December 2003 03:19:54 UTC