Decimal is likely misleading and keeping it as Number is better. Number is the general term we're using for "any scalar numeric type", while Decimal has existing and historical ties to "floating-point" in particular (IEEE or otherwise) or otherwise being restricted to base-10 #2295
I still think using
Decimalis likely misleading and keeping it asNumberis better.Numberis the general term we're using for "any scalar numeric type", whileDecimalhas existing and historical ties to "floating-point" in particular (IEEE or otherwise) or otherwise being restricted tobase-10But I do agree
Literalis a good/reasonable suffixOriginally posted by @tannergooding in dotnet/runtime#131221 (comment)