phone numbers that start with one 0 get treated as int about json-java

[douglascrockford]

Phone numbers should be represented as strings. Wrap them in quotes.

[pcasaes]

Hello,

The method doesn't convert 00222 into an int. If it the second character is a 0 is keeps it as a string.
Is this behaviour wrong? If not why not?

[douglascrockford]

Integers in JSON may not start with a leading zero. See http://json.org/

[pcasaes]

Ah! now I understand.
I was focusing to much on ints that I forgot doubles.

I do believe the code is not following that specification correctly though.

changed this bit of code on XML.java, line 330:
if (initial == '0' && string.charAt(negative ? 2 : 1) == '0') {
return string;
}
to
if (initial == '0' && string.charAt(negative ? 2 : 1) != '.') {
return string;
}

tested it on:
-123
123
-0.123
0.123

worked perfectly. thanks.