https://ask.clojure.org/index.php/tag/bigdecimal https://ask.clojure.org/index.php/8510/why-do-bigint-literals-not-require-suffix-but-bigdecimals-do <p>I find it a bit inconsistent that I can type:</p> <pre><code>123423534634544234534634645342363462443649886756676645466767687 </code></pre> <p>And it will auto-promote it to a BigInt to fit, without me needing to specify so with the N suffix.</p> <p>But if using decimal:</p> <pre><code>12.3423534634544234534634645342363462443649886756676645466767687 </code></pre> <p>It won't auto-promote to BigDecimal without explicitly adding an M suffix. Instead it'll truncate to double precision. </p> <p>Any reason why that is?</p> Syntax and reader https://ask.clojure.org/index.php/8510/why-do-bigint-literals-not-require-suffix-but-bigdecimals-do Tue, 03 Sep 2019 19:28:00 +0000