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Subject: Proposal - Introduce NumberFormat::TYPE_DECIMAL
From: marcospassos.com@gmail.com (Marcos Passos)

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Hello everyone!

I would like to propose introducing a new constant
NumberFormat::TYPE_DECIMAL to allow parsing and formatting decimal strings.
This constant would only expose the method parseDecimal
<http://icu-project.org/apiref/icu4c/unum_8h.html#a59870a322f012dc1b9d99cf8a7b708f1>
/formatDecimal
<http://icu-project.org/apiref/icu4c/unum_8h.html#af80334a90b37b2d5c41bd9db00c98687>
from the ICU library. It would bring many possibilities for libraries that
work with precise numbers, such as arbitrary precision math (even BC-math)
and monetary values.

What do you think?

- Marcos Passos

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