- From: Mike Cowlishaw <mfc@uk.ibm.com>
- Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 17:23:03 +0000
- To: www-xml-schema-comments@w3.org
David Ezell wrote: > 1) I share Mary's worry that unsuspecting folks will be lured into using > float or double simply because they want to use scientific notation. > IMO the majority of them will mean 1.10E+00 when they write 1.10E+00. This has been a worry for a long time. This is AKA CR-23: http://www.w3.org/2000/12/xmlschema-crcomments.html#scientific-decimals Originally raised on 8 Nov 2000, see: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-xml-schema-comments/2000OctDec/0314 Mike - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mike Cowlishaw, IBM Fellow IBM UK (MP5), PO Box 31, Birmingham Road, Warwick, CV34 5JL mailto:mfc@uk.ibm.com -- http://www2.hursley.ibm.com
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