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Bug 30249 - [FO31] Note in 19.1.2 on XPath 1.0 compatibility does not seem to be entirely correct
Summary: [FO31] Note in 19.1.2 on XPath 1.0 compatibility does not seem to be entirely...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: XPath / XQuery / XSLT
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Functions and Operators 3.1 (show other bugs)
Version: Recommendation
Hardware: PC Windows NT
: P2 minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael Kay
QA Contact: Mailing list for public feedback on specs from XSL and XML Query WGs
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Reported: 2018-05-03 19:00 UTC by Abel Braaksma
Modified: 2018-05-09 20:01 UTC (History)
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Description Abel Braaksma 2018-05-03 19:00:33 UTC 
The note at the bottom of 19.1.2 says:

> The string representations of numeric values are backwards compatible with 
> XPath 1.0 except for the special values positive and negative infinity, 
> negative zero and values outside the range 1.0e-6 to 1.0e+6. 
I assume what is meant here is actually:

* The range between 0 and +/- 1.0e-6
* The range between +1.0e6 and up
* The range between -1.0e6 and lower

I don't think the text will really puzzle readers, but I think it is not technically precise enough as it is written (unless what's written is correct, I don't know enough of the XPath 1.0 spec to be sure).