1445 2005-05-14 00:24:08 +0000 [FO] precision of xs:float 2005-09-29 11:16:42 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified XPath / XQuery / XSLT Functions and Operators 1.0 Last Call drafts PC Windows XP CLOSED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 mrys ashok.malhotra public-qt-comments oldest_to_newest 3241 0 mrys 2005-05-14 00:24:08 +0000 The new casting rules for casting to xs:float say: if E exceeds 104 (the maximum exponent value in the value space of xs:float) then TV is the xs:float value INF or -INF depending on the sign of M. if E is less than -149 (the minimum exponent value in the value space of xs:float) then TV is the xs:float value positive or negative zero depending on the sign of M Note that certain architectures such as the Intel x86 architecture allow float values with larger exponent values. We should not penalize such architectures and allow them to represent larger and smaller xs:float values before switching to INF/-INF. 3126 1 ashok.malhotra 2005-05-19 22:26:20 +0000 The joint QT WGs discussed this request on 5/19/2005 and declined to make this change. Ashok Malhotra