I've been writing a JSON parser when I have a few minutes here and there. I was surprised by the lack of specificity in defining numbers, specifically floats.

I've been writing a JSON parser when I have a few minutes here and there. I was surprised by the lack of specificity in defining numbers, specifically floats. If floats are know to lose precision after a few decimal places... iex> 1.5555555555555555 1.5555555555555556 ...why not just specify a max precision? You can always say "if you need a more precise number, just store it as a string". If I wanted a room for interpretation, I'd use YAML!