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Bug 2213 - R-221: Question about decimal values with >18 digits
Summary: R-221: Question about decimal values with >18 digits
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: XML Schema
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Datatypes: XSD Part 2 (show other bugs)
Version: 1.0 only
Hardware: All All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: C. M. Sperberg-McQueen
QA Contact: XML Schema comments list
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Reported: 2005-09-14 19:15 UTC by Sandy Gao
Modified: 2009-04-21 19:25 UTC (History)
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Description Sandy Gao 2005-09-14 19:15:34 UTC 
Are implementations expected to handle decimal values with > 18 digits? And, 
since unsignedLong is derived from decimal, should the minimum number of digits 
supported be 20 instead?

See: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-xml-schema-ig/2003Dec/0025.html 

Note: this relates to issues raised in R-90 (bug 2080)
Comment 1 Sandy Gao 2005-09-14 19:15:45 UTC 
Discussed at the 2003/12/19 telecon:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-xml-schema-ig/2003Dec/0064.html
Comment 2 Sandy Gao 2005-10-28 19:01:34 UTC 
Discussed at 2005-10-28 telecon [1].

We have discussed this specific point, and concluded that while it looks
anomolous, there is no actual problem here: either you only cover 18
digits in the derived types as well, or you use a different underlying
implementation.

Resolution: So close this with no further action: RESOLVED, WONTFIX.

[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-xml-schema-ig/2005Oct/0022.html