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[jira] [Updated] (JEXL-180) Documentation - suggests using float for financials

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JEXL-180?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Henri Biestro updated JEXL-180:
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    Fix Version/s: 3.0

> Documentation - suggests using float for financials
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JEXL-180
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JEXL-180
>             Project: Commons JEXL
>          Issue Type: Bug
>            Reporter: Kimball Robinson
>             Fix For: 3.0
>
>
> The examples page:
> https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-jexl/reference/examples.html
> Uses a Float type to represent dollar amounts.  This is a bad idea--floating point values are not large enough to represent larger transactions and this could teach developers bad habits, especially in enterprise environments.
> At the least you should use the Double class in your example.



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