On Jul 12, 2013, at 4:39 PM, Jeff Walden wrote: > On 07/12/2013 04:32 PM, Allen Wirfs-Brock wrote: >> So the other thread was a discussion concerning the appropriate value of >> Number.MAX_INTEGER. Do you think it should be 2^53-1, or 2^53, or the same >> thing as Math..MAX_VALUE. > > Number.MAX_INTEGER should be 2**53. People who want 2**53 - 1 (and there are > roughly reasonable uses for it as discussed in that thread, if enough care is > taken) can use < as the relevant operator when comparing. In contrast, if > the value were 2**53 - 1, people who want the 2**53 value can't simply use a > different operator. Number.MAX_INTEGER+1 ?? > > I haven't kept up enough with this list to know what Math.MAX_VALUE is, and > it's not in the latest draft I have -- unless you meant Number.MAX_VALUE? If > you meant that, Number.MAX_INTEGER should definitely be different from > Number.MAX_VALUE.
Sorry, I meant Number.MAX_VALUE. So you seem to be saying that that Number.isInteger(MAX_VALUE) should be true, but that Number.MAX_VALUE > Number.MAX_INTEGER is also true because for isInteger you using the mathematical definition of "Integer" but for MAX_INTEGER you are using some other definition of "INTEGER". Allen _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
