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| author | Naïm Favier <n@monade.li> | 2022-09-09 15:39:35 +0200 |
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| committer | Naïm Favier <n@monade.li> | 2022-09-09 15:39:35 +0200 |
| commit | 52bbbaeb09859b02561a1895f0516e094b2f9d67 (patch) | |
| tree | 44f55fe7431fc054505aead23d6079a453e3b109 /nixos | |
| parent | 5480f45f63f75d9340d5d48602f47d04d3625a2f (diff) | |
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nixos/doc/option-types: add precision loss warning for floats
Diffstat (limited to 'nixos')
| -rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/development/option-types.section.md | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development/option-types.section.xml | 9 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/development/option-types.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/development/option-types.section.md index 7864b62605c2..40b4d78b250e 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/development/option-types.section.md +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/development/option-types.section.md @@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ merging is handled. : A floating point number. + ::: {.warning} + Converting a floating point number to a string with `toString` or `toJSON` + may result in [precision loss](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/5733). + ::: + `types.number` : Either a signed integer or a floating point number. No implicit conversion diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development/option-types.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development/option-types.section.xml index e207b97a46f8..4036bc0ba743 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development/option-types.section.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development/option-types.section.xml @@ -256,6 +256,15 @@ <para> A floating point number. </para> + <warning> + <para> + Converting a floating point number to a string with + <literal>toString</literal> or <literal>toJSON</literal> + may result in + <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/5733">precision + loss</link>. + </para> + </warning> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> |