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Darren Duncan
Date:
March 14, 2022 17:59
Subject:
Re: Pre-RFC: builtin:: functions for detecting numbers vs strings
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71b117f5-a5c7-9894-1de8-63d26741ccb3@darrenduncan.net
On 2022-03-14 10:53 a.m., Dan Book wrote:
> We are not discussing classification of values. Again, please bring that up in 
> threads about typing and not here.

Are these functions not about giving JSON serializers and other similar tools 
the information they need to pick an output format like a number or a string?

If so then I see type classifying is exactly what we're doing, because each of 
these tends to correspond directly to a serialization syntax.

If that use case is not what these functions are for, then what are they for?

-- Darren Duncan
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