On Jul 12, 2013, at 4:39 PM, Jeff Walden wrote:

> On 07/12/2013 04:32 PM, Allen Wirfs-Brock wrote:
>> So the other thread was a discussion concerning the appropriate value of Number.MAX_INTEGER. Do you think it should be 2^53-1, or 2^53, or the same thing as Math..MAX_VALUE.
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> Number.MAX_INTEGER should be 2**53.  People who want 2**53 - 1 (and there are roughly reasonable uses for it as discussed in that thread, if enough care is taken) can use < as the relevant operator when comparing.  In contrast, if the value were 2**53 - 1, people who want the 2**53 value can't simply use a different operator.
Number.MAX_INTEGER+1 ??
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> I haven't kept up enough with this list to know what Math.MAX_VALUE is, and it's not in the latest draft I have -- unless you meant Number.MAX_VALUE?  If you meant that, Number.MAX_INTEGER should definitely be different from Number.MAX_VALUE.

Sorry, I meant Number.MAX_VALUE.  So you seem to be saying that  that
  Number.isInteger(MAX_VALUE)  should be true, but that Number.MAX_VALUE > Number.MAX_INTEGER is also true because for isInteger you using the mathematical definition of "Integer" but for MAX_INTEGER you are using some other definition of "INTEGER".

Allen

On Jul 12, 2013, at 4:39 PM, Jeff Walden wrote:

> `Number.MAX_INTEGER` should be 2^53.  People who want 2^53 - 1 (and there are roughly reasonable uses for it as discussed in that thread, if enough care is taken) can use < as the relevant operator when comparing.  In contrast, if the value were 2^53 - 1, people who want the 2^53 value can't simply use a different operator.

`Number.MAX_INTEGER+1` ??

> I haven't kept up enough with this list to know what `Math.MAX_VALUE` is, and it's not in the latest draft I have -- unless you meant `Number.MAX_VALUE`?  If you meant that, `Number.MAX_INTEGER` should definitely be different from `Number.MAX_VALUE`.

Sorry, I meant `Number.MAX_VALUE`.  So you seem to be saying that  that
  `Number.isInteger(MAX_VALUE)`  should be `true`, but that `Number.MAX_VALUE > Number.MAX_INTEGER` is also `true` because for `isInteger` you using the mathematical definition of "Integer" but for `MAX_INTEGER` you are using some other definition of "INTEGER".