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authorJay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org>2023-12-21 23:38:49 +0100
committerJay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org>2023-12-21 23:56:30 +0100
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parent4400ce84eeb204cdcb35950dd8fde094fc249051 (diff)
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Convert scientific notation in JSON to fixed point (fixes #1079)
JSON accepts scientific notation, but PDF doesn't.
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@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ Planned changes for future 12.x (subject to change):
must be represented as ``"n:/one#a0two"`` since the single byte
``a0`` is not valid in JSON.
+ - QPDF JSON will convert floating numbers that appear in the JSON
+ in scientific notation to fixed-point notation since PDF doesn't
+ accept scientific notation.
+
- Build Enhancements:
- The qpdf test suite now passes when qpdf is linked with an