[OPEN-ILS-DEV] SPAM: PATCH: storing numbers as strings in jsonObjects

[Bill Erickson]

Mike Rylander wrote:
> On Dec 22, 2007 11:44 PM, Scott McKellar <mck9 at swbell.net> wrote:
>   
>> These patches are the culmination of several postings on this subject.
>> The overall effect is to store numbers in jsonObjects as strings,
>> rather than as doubles, in order to avoid needless loss of precision
>> in translating back and forth between text and floating point
>> representations.
>>     
>
> This compiles fine in a full environment, and it's the direction we
> need to go, so these are applied.  We will keep a close eye on things,
> but I suspect any issues will show up right away, and should be easy
> to spot with high enough logging.
>
> Thanks for all the work on this, Scott.  It's been nagging me, and I
> think this will be a great benefit in the long run.
>   

I'd just like to echo Mike's thanks.  We really appreciate the hard work 
and good code, Scott.

-bill


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