From 856a4b2f3faf2d6312aad47599e102c8c48d1bdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicolas Williams Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 00:00:03 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about IEEE754 to help msg --- src/main.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c index f68ea2bf..8ffa0dbb 100644 --- a/src/main.c +++ b/src/main.c @@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ static void usage(int code) { "its JSON text inputs and producing the filter's results as JSON on\n" "standard output.\n\n" "The simplest filter is ., which copies jq's input to its output\n" - "unmodified (except for formatting).\n\n" + "unmodified (except for formatting, but note that IEEE754 is used\n" + "for number representation internally, with all that that implies).\n\n" "For more advanced filters see the jq(1) manpage (\"man jq\")\n" "and/or https://stedolan.github.io/jq\n\n" "Example:\n\n\t$ echo '{\"foo\": 0}' | jq .\n"