README: recommend BigDecimal

davdroman · web-flow · commit 668d769335ac · 2026-01-11T17:18:42.000Z
Encourage use of BigDecimal over Decimal type.
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 > The JSON decoding precision issues described below have been fixed in Swift 5.9 / iOS 17 / macOS 14 and later.
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 > See the [Foundation preview announcement](https://www.swift.org/blog/foundation-preview-now-available/#performance:~:text=Even,500%25%2E) for details.
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+> As a general note, I strongly encourage you to move away from using the `Decimal` type altogether and instead opting for more correct APIs such as https://github.com/mgriebling/BigDecimal.
 
 ## Introduction
 

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