[Last-Call] Re: Secdir last call review of draft-ietf-dnsop-zoneversion-06

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Hi, all,

On Jun 7, 2024, at 5:21 PM, Shawn Emery <shawn.emery@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 6/6/24 1:53 PM, Wessels, Duane wrote:

Hi Shawn,

Thank you for the review and comments.

We’ve fixed the editorial comments you identified.

Regarding “decimal integer” — we use that phrase only when describing the
presentation format (versus, say, hexadecimal) so we think it is appropriate.

However, we would defer to the advice or suggestion of the RFC editor or
other experts on this, if they have an opinion.

My first intuition was that a decimal is an integer with a fractional component.  However, precedence in this area has more credence than my intuition ;)

Decimal refers to the base-10 number system, i.e., integer powers of 10 (both positive, zero, and negative). Octal is the same for base 8; hexadecimal for base 10. All can be integer or floating point.

Base number systems use a separator called a “radix point” to indicate the boundary between non-negative and negative powers. When the radix point is used in the decimal system, it is called the decimal point. IMO that can be considered a contraction of “decimal radix point”.

Finally, integers don’t have fractional parts. Floating point numbers do, though.

Joe

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