- From: Ian Hickson via cvs-syncmail <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:59:47 +0000
- To: public-html-commits@w3.org
Update of /sources/public/html5/spec
In directory hutz:/tmp/cvs-serv26007
Modified Files:
Overview.html
Log Message:
Change the 'floating point number' syntax to allow an exponent. (whatwg r2242)
Index: Overview.html
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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v
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+++ Overview.html 26 Sep 2008 08:59:44 -0000 1.1415
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
for HTML and XHTML</h2>
<h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=editors0><!-- "W3C Working Draft" -->
- Editor's Draft <!--ZZZ-->25 September 2008</h2>
+ Editor's Draft <!--ZZZ-->26 September 2008</h2>
<dl><!-- ZZZ: update the month/day
<dt>This Version:</dt>
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
<p>The W3C <a href="http://www.w3.org/html/wg/">HTML Working Group</a> is
the W3C working group responsible for this specification's progress along
- the W3C Recommendation track. <!--ZZZ:--> This specification is the 25
+ the W3C Recommendation track. <!--ZZZ:--> This specification is the 26
September 2008 <!--ZZZ "Working Draft"-->Editor's Draft. <!--:ZZZ--></p>
<!-- UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH TO BE REMOVED OR EDITED WITHOUT TALKING TO IAN FIRST -->
<!-- relationship to other work (required) -->
@@ -3472,11 +3472,33 @@
<h5 id=real-numbers><span class=secno>2.4.3.3. </span>Real numbers</h5>
<p>A string is a <dfn id=valid1>valid floating point number</dfn> if it
- consists of one of more characters in the range U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) to
- U+0039 DIGIT NINE (9), optionally with a single U+002E FULL STOP (".")
- character somewhere (either before these numbers, in between two numbers,
- or after the numbers), all optionally prefixed with a U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS
- ("-") character.
+ consists of:
+
+ <ol class=brief>
+ <li>Optionally, a U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS ("-") character.
+
+ <li>A series of one or more characters in the range U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0)
+ to U+0039 DIGIT NINE (9).
+
+ <li>Optionally:
+ <ol>
+ <li>A single U+002E FULL STOP (".") character.
+
+ <li>A series of one or more characters in the range U+0030 DIGIT ZERO
+ (0) to U+0039 DIGIT NINE (9).
+ </ol>
+
+ <li>Optionally:
+ <ol>
+ <li>Either a U+0065 LATIN SMALL LETTER E character or a U+0045 LATIN
+ CAPITAL LETTER E character.
+
+ <li>Optionally, a U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS ("-") character.
+
+ <li>A series of characters in the range U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) to U+0039
+ DIGIT NINE (9).
+ </ol>
+ </ol>
<p>The <dfn id=rules1>rules for parsing floating point number values</dfn>
are as given in the following algorithm. As with the previous algorithms,
@@ -3494,10 +3516,13 @@
title="">input</var>, initially pointing at the start of the string.
<li>
- <p>Let <var title="">value</var> have the value 0.
+ <p>Let <var title="">value</var> have the value 1.
<li>
- <p>Let <var title="">sign</var> have the value "positive".
+ <p>Let <var title="">divisor</var> have the value 1.
+
+ <li>
+ <p>Let <var title="">exponent</var> have the value 1.
<li>
<p><a href="#skip-whitespace">Skip whitespace</a>.
@@ -3507,11 +3532,12 @@
title="">input</var>, return an error.
<li>
- <p>If the character indicated by <var title="">position</var> (the first
- character) is a U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS ("-") character:</p>
+ <p>If the character indicated by <var title="">position</var> is a U+002D
+ HYPHEN-MINUS ("-") character:</p>
<ol>
- <li>Let <var title="">sign</var> be "negative".
+ <li>Change <var title="">value</var> and <var title="">divisor</var> to
+ −1.
<li>Advance <var title="">position</var> to the next character.
@@ -3520,75 +3546,106 @@
</ol>
<li>
- <p>If the next character is not one of U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) .. U+0039
- DIGIT NINE (9) or U+002E FULL STOP ("."), then return an error.
-
- <li>
- <p>If the next character is U+002E FULL STOP ("."), but either that is
- the last character or the character after that one is not one of U+0030
- DIGIT ZERO (0) .. U+0039 DIGIT NINE (9), then return an error.
+ <p>If the character indicated by <var title="">position</var> is not one
+ of U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) .. U+0039 DIGIT NINE (9), then return an error.
</li>
<!-- Ok. At this point we know we have a number. It might have
trailing garbage which we'll ignore, but it's a number, and we
won't return an error. -->
<li>
- <p>If the next character is one of U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) .. U+0039 DIGIT
- NINE (9):</p>
+ <p><a href="#collect">Collect a sequence of characters</a> in the range
+ U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) to U+0039 DIGIT NINE (9), and interpret the
+ resulting sequence as a base-ten integer. Multiply <var
+ title="">value</var> by that integer.
+
+ <li>If <var title="">position</var> is past the end of <var
+ title="">input</var>, return <var title="">value</var> and abort these
+ steps.
+
+ <li>
+ <p>If the character indicated by <var title="">position</var> is a U+002E
+ FULL STOP ("."), run these substeps:</p>
<ol>
- <li>Multiply <var title="">value</var> by ten.
+ <li>
+ <p>Advance <var title="">position</var> to the next character.
- <li>Add the value of the current character (0..9) to <var
- title="">value</var>.
+ <li>
+ <p>If <var title="">position</var> is past the end of <var
+ title="">input</var>, or if the character indicated by <var
+ title="">position</var> is not one of U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) .. U+0039
+ DIGIT NINE (9), then return <var title="">value</var> and abort these
+ steps.
- <li>Advance <var title="">position</var> to the next character.
+ <li>
+ <p><i>Fraction loop</i>: Multiply <var title="">divisor</var> by ten.
- <li>If <var title="">position</var> is past the end of <var
- title="">input</var>, then if <var title="">sign</var> is "positive",
- return <var title="">value</var>, otherwise return 0-<var
+ <li>Add the value of the current character interpreted as a base-ten
+ digit (0..9) divided by <var title="">divisor</var>, to <var
title="">value</var>.
- <li>Otherwise return to the top of step 10 in the overall algorithm
- (that's the step within which these substeps find themselves).
+ <li>
+ <p>Advance <var title="">position</var> to the next character.
+
+ <li>
+ <p>If <var title="">position</var> is past the end of <var
+ title="">input</var>, then return <var title="">value</var> and abort
+ these steps.
+
+ <li>
+ <p>If the character indicated by <var title="">position</var> is one of
+ U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) .. U+0039 DIGIT NINE (9), return to the step
+ labeled <i>fraction loop</i> in these substeps.
</ol>
<li>
- <p>Otherwise, if the next character is not a U+002E FULL STOP ("."), then
- if <var title="">sign</var> is "positive", return <var
- title="">value</var>, otherwise return 0-<var title="">value</var>.
+ <p>If the character indicated by <var title="">position</var> is a U+0065
+ LATIN SMALL LETTER E character or a U+0045 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E
+ character, run these substeps:</p>
- <li>
- <p>The next character is a U+002E FULL STOP ("."). Advance <var
- title="">position</var> to the character after that.
+ <ol>
+ <li>
+ <p>Advance <var title="">position</var> to the next character.
- <li>
- <p>Let <var title="">divisor</var> be 1.
+ <li>
+ <p>If <var title="">position</var> is past the end of <var
+ title="">input</var>, then return <var title="">value</var> and abort
+ these steps.
- <li>
- <p>If the next character is one of U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) .. U+0039 DIGIT
- NINE (9):</p>
+ <li>
+ <p>If the character indicated by <var title="">position</var> is a
+ U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS ("-") character:</p>
- <ol>
- <li>Multiply <var title="">divisor</var> by ten.
+ <ol>
+ <li>Change <var title="">exponent</var> to −1.
- <li>Add the value of the current character (0..9) divided by <var
- title="">divisor</var>, to <var title="">value</var>.
+ <li>Advance <var title="">position</var> to the next character.
- <li>Advance <var title="">position</var> to the next character.
+ <li>
+ <p>If <var title="">position</var> is past the end of <var
+ title="">input</var>, then return <var title="">value</var> and
+ abort these steps.
+ </ol>
- <li>If <var title="">position</var> is past the end of <var
- title="">input</var>, then if <var title="">sign</var> is "positive",
- return <var title="">value</var>, otherwise return 0-<var
- title="">value</var>.
+ <li>
+ <p>If the character indicated by <var title="">position</var> is not
+ one of U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) .. U+0039 DIGIT NINE (9), then return
+ <var title="">value</var> and abort these steps.
- <li>Otherwise return to the top of step 14 in the overall algorithm
- (that's the step within which these substeps find themselves).
+ <li>
+ <p><a href="#collect">Collect a sequence of characters</a> in the range
+ U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) to U+0039 DIGIT NINE (9), and interpret the
+ resulting sequence as a base-ten integer. Multiply <var
+ title="">exponent</var> by that integer.
+
+ <li>
+ <p>Multiply <var title="">value</var> by ten raised to the <var
+ title="">exponent</var>th power.
</ol>
<li>
- <p>Otherwise, if <var title="">sign</var> is "positive", return <var
- title="">value</var>, otherwise return 0-<var title="">value</var>.
+ <p>Return <var title="">value</var>.
</ol>
<h5 id=ratios><span class=secno>2.4.3.4. </span>Ratios</h5>
@@ -29851,10 +29908,10 @@
the URL represented by its <a href="#value12"
title=concept-fe-value>value</a>. User agents may allow the user to set
the <a href="#value12" title=concept-fe-value>value</a> to a string that
- is not a <span>value URL</span>. User agents should allow the user to set
- the <a href="#value12" title=concept-fe-value>value</a> to the empty
- string. User agents must not allow users to insert U+000A LINE FEED (LF)
- or U+000D CARRIAGE RETURN (CR) characters into the <a href="#value12"
+ is not a <a href="#valid9">valid URL</a>. User agents should allow the
+ user to set the <a href="#value12" title=concept-fe-value>value</a> to the
+ empty string. User agents must not allow users to insert U+000A LINE FEED
+ (LF) or U+000D CARRIAGE RETURN (CR) characters into the <a href="#value12"
title=concept-fe-value>value</a>.
<p><strong>The <a href="#value8">value sanitization algorithm</a> is as
@@ -30029,8 +30086,8 @@
<p><strong>Constraint validation:</strong> When there is both a <a
href="#selected" title=concept-input-value-datetime>selected UTC date and
time</a> and a <a href="#minimum" title=concept-input-min-datetime>minimum
- UTC date and time</a>, if the former is less than the latter, the element
- is <a href="#suffering1">suffering from an underflow</a>.
+ UTC date and time</a>, if the former is earlier than the latter, the
+ element is <a href="#suffering1">suffering from an underflow</a>.
<p>The <code title=attr-input-max><a href="#max4">max</a></code> attribute,
if specified, must have a value that is a <a href="#valid6">valid UTC date
@@ -30044,11 +30101,18 @@
<p><strong>Constraint validation:</strong> When there is both a <a
href="#selected" title=concept-input-value-datetime>selected UTC date and
time</a> and a <a href="#maximum" title=concept-input-max-datetime>maximum
- UTC date and time</a>, if the former is more than the latter, the element
+ UTC date and time</a>, if the former is later than the latter, the element
is <a href="#suffering2">suffering from an overflow</a>.
- <p class=big-issue>... <code title=attr-input-step><a
- href="#step0">step</a></code>
+ <p class=big-issue>The <code title=attr-input-step><a
+ href="#step0">step</a></code> attribute, if specified, must have a value
+ that is a ...</p>
+ <!-- values: positive non-zero floating point, or "any" -->
+ <!-- units: seconds -->
+ <!-- default: 60 -->
+ <!-- zero point: min, or 1970-01-01T00:00:00.0Z -->
+ <!-- allow rounding -->
+ <!-- <span>suffering from a step mismatch</span> -->
<p>The following common <code><a href="#input0">input</a></code> element
content attributes, DOM attributes, and methods apply to the element:
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