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#649 — Treatment of Infinity should be mentioned in Note in 9.3.1

• bug_id: 649
• creation_ts: 2012-09-08 05:45:00 -0700
• short_desc: Treatment of Infinity should be mentioned in Note in 9.3.1
• delta_ts: 2013-10-22 18:04:51 -0700
• product: Draft for 6th Edition
• component: editorial issue
• version: Rev 9: July 8, 2012 Draft
• rep_platform: All
• op_sys: All
• bug_status: RESOLVED
• resolution: FIXED
• priority: Normal
• bug_severity: enhancement
• everconfirmed: true
• reporter: Jason Orendorff
• assigned_to: Allen Wirfs-Brock

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• commentid: 1596
• comment_count: 0
• who: Jason Orendorff
• bug_when: 2012-09-08 05:45:42 -0700

The note currently says:

NOTE Some differences should be noted between the syntax of a
StringNumericLiteral and a NumericLiteral (see 7.8.3):

* A StringNumericLiteral may be preceded and/or followed by white
space and/or line terminators.

* A StringNumericLiteral that is decimal may have any number of
leading 0 digits.

* A StringNumericLiteral that is decimal may be preceded by + or -
to indicate its sign.

* A StringNumericLiteral that is empty or contains only white space is
converted to +0.

Another difference is that "Infinity" and "-Infinity" are StringNumericLiterals, but they are not NumericLiterals.

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• commentid: 5954
• comment_count: 1
• who: Allen Wirfs-Brock
• bug_when: 2013-10-22 18:04:51 -0700

fixed in rev10