Hi Joe,
Thank you for clarifying. I'm in agreement with current text then:
unsigned decimal integer
Shawn.
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On 6/7/24 9:04 PM, to...@strayalpha.com wrote:
Hi, all,
On Jun 7, 2024, at 5:21 PM, Shawn Emery <shawn.em...@gmail.com> wrote:
On 6/6/24 1:53 PM, Wessels, Duane wrote:
Hi Shawn,
Thank you for the review and comments.
We’ve fixed the editorial comments you identified.
Regarding “decimal integer” — we use that phrase only when
describing the
presentation format (versus, say, hexadecimal) so we think it is
appropriate.
However, we would defer to the advice or suggestion of the RFC editor or
other experts on this, if they have an opinion.
My first intuition was that a decimal is an integer with a fractional
component. However, precedence in this area has more credence than
my intuition ;)
Decimal refers to the base-10 number system, i.e., integer powers of
10 (both positive, zero, and negative). Octal is the same for base 8;
hexadecimal for base 10. All can be integer or floating point.
Base number systems use a separator called a “radix point” to indicate
the boundary between non-negative and negative powers. When the radix
point is used in the decimal system, it is called the decimal point.
IMO that can be considered a contraction of “decimal radix point”.
Finally, integers don’t have fractional parts. Floating point numbers
do, though.
Joe
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