Conversion of high-precision numbers to double loses precision, should pick BigDecimal

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. In YAML provide a high-precision value such as 1.234567890123456789
2. Load the YAML
3. Dump the value

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

I expect new BigDecimal("1.234567890123456789").
I get 1.2345678901234567d (missing the last 89 digits)

What version of SnakeYAML are you using? On what Java version?

1.14 SnakeYAML, 1.8.0_31 JDK.

Please provide any additional information below. (Often a failing test is
the best way to describe the problem.)

I'm unsure what havoc it would wreak for SnakeYAML to check huge int/float 
values and "upgrade" int->BigInteger and float->BigDecimal when encountering 
values with too many bits to fit into int/double.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by b.k.ox...@gmail.com on 24 Jan 2015 at 10:43

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Well, BigInteger and BigDecimal are hardly ever used. "Upgrading" all int and 
double to their Big counterparts is a major change which breaks the backwards 
compatibility.
If you need it in your application you can always change SnakeYAML to create 
anything you wish.
Check ConstructYamlFloat, create your own implementation and inject it to 
SafeConstructor.

Original comment by py4fun@gmail.com on 26 Jan 2015 at 2:05

• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

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Original comment by py4fun@gmail.com on 31 Jul 2015 at 6:55

• Changed state: WontFix