Re: the BigDecimal g/G suffix?

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1g or 1G gives a BigInteger and here the suffix is required to not get an
Integer. Using 1.0g/G for BD seems a natural extension.

Most expressions involving both BI and BD give the results you'd expect so
I believe it was thought at the time that using the same suffix was
sufficient, with toBigInteger() and toBigDecimal() allowing you to swap
between them if really needed.

Do you have a particular scenario that you find that the current
conventions limit you, or are you just noticing the trade-offs that were
made in this case and making sure you fully understand them?

Paul.


On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 2:13=E2=80=AFAM OCsite <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I've just bumped into
> https://groovy-lang.org/syntax.html#_number_type_suffixes, namely, to
>
> BigDecimal
>
> G or g
>
> which seems rather pointless to me. When one enters a decimal number
> (e.g., 1.0), it's a BD anyway, suffix or not. On the other hand, there
> seems to be no suffix which would allow to write e.g., just 1s (s for
> *something*) creating a 1 BD, which would make some sense, like e.g., 1f
> for float does.
>
> What do I overlook? What's the point of the BD g/G suffix, and why there'=
s
> no suffix which would work without a decimal point (or exponent)?
>
> Thanks,
> OC
>
>

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ults you&#39;d expect so I believe it was thought at the time that using th=
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ng you to swap between them if really needed.<div><br></div><div>Do you hav=
e a particular scenario that you find that the current conventions limit yo=
u, or are you just noticing the trade-offs that were made in this case and =
making sure you fully understand them?</div><div><br></div><div>Paul.</div>=
<div><br></div></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_contai=
ner"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 2:13=E2=
=80=AFAM OCsite &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:=
<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8=
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vy-lang.org/syntax.html#_number_type_suffixes</a>, namely, to</div><div><br=
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ody></table><div><br></div><div>which seems rather pointless to me. When on=
e enters a decimal number (e.g., 1.0), it&#39;s a BD anyway, suffix or not.=
 On the other hand, there seems to be no suffix which would allow to write =
e.g., just 1s (s for <i>something</i>) creating a 1 BD, which would make so=
me sense, like e.g., 1f for float does.</div><div><br></div><div>What do I =
overlook? What&#39;s the point of the BD g/G suffix, and why there&#39;s no=
 suffix which would work without a decimal point (or exponent)?</div><div><=
br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>OC</div><div><br></div></div></blockquote><=
/div>

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