Decimal data type

[danrubel]

[user feedback]
Please include decimal data type. Even if it will not work in Javascript, it will be better to contain it for compliles apps

[floitschG]

Not a VM bug.
Reassigning to library ('language' would be a good fit too).

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Removed Area-VM label.
Added Area-Library label.

[floitschG]

Issue #916 has been merged into this issue.

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This comment was originally written by stevenc...@gmail.com

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Has there been any progress on adding a Decimal data type to Dart? This is a very important feature. I imagine it can be implemented with guidance from the GWT team. They were able to implement the Java BigDecimal in JavaScript.

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This comment was originally written by jesse.ros...@gmail.com

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Big mistake by not adding native decimal data type. This could have been easily converted to a custom Javascript class to handle it in Dart2js and would allow accurate currency code to exist in Dart. I use it all the time in a C# and VB. Apparently, they have smarter software engineers working at Microsoft. I'm sure Doug Crockford is laughing at you like he did with IBM screwing over the Javascript community over the same issue.

Let me guess, you will add it later casing apps to crash. Java all over again.

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This comment was originally written by ravi...@ravib.com

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Please consider adding support for a Decimal type to Dart. It's crucial esp. for applications that deal with financial data. Thanks.

--Ravi B.

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This comment was originally written by jn13...@gmail.com

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Having a natively suported decimal is essential to any big-boy application. During our product discovery phase we are heavily weighing the ability to handle decimals since this is still a flaw for web development... in 2012.

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This comment was originally written by casper...@gmail.com

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We should definitely have a base10/decimal type in Dart. 0.1 + 0.2 != 0.3 is one of the most often reported bugs in JavaScript. Many modern languages have support for this and IEEE-754 semantics is first and foremost an implementation-optimization detail.

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This comment was originally written by briansmai...@gmail.com

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As much as I thought Dart was fantastic (and still do), I didn't realise that num did not support decimal numbers. I realise that Dart must translate to JS, and I perhaps that is why there is no decimal type. As we all know, we need decimals for money. To code around this issue is a bad use of programmer resources, and is very inefficient. I think that if Dart wants respect as a language, it needs decimal types. I guess internally it would be an int with the precision stored. If this has not been addressed PLEASE do. I can't see why this could not be compatible with JS. There is probably only one other thing that I dislike about Dart (thus far) - mostly it's great including the ide/editor.

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This comment was originally written by @a14n

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Until that issue is fixed, you can use the 'decimal' package I've just uploaded on pub ( http://pub.dartlang.org/packages/decimal )

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This comment was originally written by briansm...@gmail.com

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@alexandre. Thanks for that info. I had written my own which is not as great as yours, but does what I need for currency. It appears plenty fast enough for client-side code (Stopwatch()). I'll be quite happy to throw it away when I presume decimal is implemented.

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This comment was originally written by jesse.r...@gmail.com

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I think It's time we admit the obvious joke that Dart has become. How many
years before you can get a working product out the door?

No decimal data type means Dart is a joke written by people that don't
support real applications.

Sad, but maybe if people start telling Google the true, they may take
their head out of their ass.

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This comment was originally written by @ahmetaa

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@jesse This is an issue tracker, not a place to vent or curse. Dart platform is being developed for maybe less than 2 years. I think current state of it is amazingly advanced comparing to other languages.
Besides, perhaps %1 of the applications rely on decimal types. And there are third party libraries available until it is implemented in Dart. Be patient.

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This comment was originally written by george.moschovi...@gmail.com

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Please add a decimal data type.

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This comment was originally written by jesse.rose...@gmail.com

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Good luck

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This comment was originally written by gursugu...@gmail.com

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Could you please give us a timeframe like m4 or m5 for the implementation? I think the convenience of decimal operations are needed in more than 1% of applications.