[OASIS Issue Tracker] Created: (OFFICE-2450) Precisely-representedIntegers not differentiated from Imprecise Integers

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Precisely-represented Integers not differentiated from Imprecise Integers
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                 Key: OFFICE-2450
                 URL: http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/OFFICE-2450
             Project: OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: OpenFormula
         Environment: This issue applies in all OpenFormula drafts through draft-19.
            Reporter: Dennis Hamilton
            Assignee: Dennis Hamilton
             Fix For: ODF 1.2 Part 2 CD 2


The definition of Integer includes a wide range of values that have no fractional part but that are too large to represent integers precisely, there being gaps and even no non-Integer Number values in their vicinity.  

This prevents careful limitation and definition of those functions that require precise integer values to be specified for parameters and to be determined as results.  It also leads to ambiguity and situations such as those illustrated in OFFICE-2209, OFFICE-846, and others invovling specific functions that are only meaningful when precise integer values are involved.

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