On Aug 24, 2008, at 12:51 AM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: >> But this doesn't mean that throwing when a >> Decimal is used in any not-guaranteed-to-be-numeric operand context >> is good. > > Actually, throwing from valueOf would have the opposite effect.
Of course, and my "not-" was a thinko. I meant "guaranteed-to-be- numeric". Having memorized a lot of ES3, including where the preferredType hint is not number, I was not trying to make the opposite point within the same mail message. We could throw from valueOf, but at least you and I agree it would be better to avoid any such a seemingly-rushed, library-only, user- hostile Decimal. Waldemar and I said so at the Oslo meeting, and Sam agrees. I am interested to see what Sam can pull off, in code more than spec. I don't doubt the spec can be done, given design decisions from IEEE P754 and some freedom to match JS design impedance. I'm concerned we won't have time to give such a purportedly user-friendly Decimal sufficient user testing. /be _______________________________________________ Es-discuss mailing list Es-discuss@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
