Survey use cases for BigDecimal (or similar types)
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- Dominant language
- HTML
- Stars
- 638
- Forks
- 20
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
tl;dr: Add your use case in a comment on this issue, even if you don't read the rest of the thread.
Would BigDecimal be useful for you? (Or, would Rational, Decimal128, or some other type be useful for you?) Why? Reports on this thread are encouraged to include:
- Code samples (either current code or ideal/hoped-for code)
- Context of how this shows up in an application and why you need it
Let's just collect use cases in this thread, and then we can consolidate/analyze it all in other issues.
Cases where you're not using a decimal type, and it's causing a bug (with code samples and context/motivation, and how a decimal type could fix it) are also welcome.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Read the issue and its existing comment thread first to understand the use cases already reported. Add a concrete BigDecimal, Rational, Decimal128, or similar-type use case with code samples and application context; the contribution is complete when the need and the problem caused by current numeric types are clearly documented.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- developer-experience
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100