Re: IDL: number types

On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Domenic Denicola
<domenic@domenicdenicola.com> wrote:
> This is kind of a meta-question, but is the purpose of IDL types for C++ implementers or for JavaScript consumers?

Both in certain browser engines.


> should only be a single number type (aka "Number").

Well, we would still want a distinction between floating point,
integer, non-negative integer, floating point without Infinity,
-Infinity, or NaN, ...

I do agree we should have new types in coordination with TC39 that
match that model better and see where we can migrate existing unsigned
long to unsigned number (or some such).


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Received on Wednesday, 20 March 2013 16:41:22 UTC