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> This seems both underspecified and incorrect.

"exactly as written" was wrong for the value. Only the type is. The spec already says a float is IEEE 754 binary64, same as JSON. Fixed the readme.

> Still strings and therefore fine for the SOML parser,

I have plans for some kind of schema support.

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Schema support is the way to go, because applications will have a formal or informal schema no matter what, but then it’s better to drop most of the schemaless syntax rules in the first place. If someone wants `10.20` to mean the exact decimal value, or wants `30m` to mean “30 meters” instead of a duration, then that should be possible. Similarly, self-delimiting syntax like URLs shouldn’t require quotes.

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