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Decimal fraction literals are formed by a ``.`` with at least one number on
one side. Examples include ``1.``, ``.1`` and ``1.3``.
+Scientific notation is also supported, where the base can have fractions, while the exponent cannot.
+Examples include ``2e10``, ``-2e10``, ``2e-10``, ``2.5e1``.
+
Number literal expressions retain arbitrary precision until they are converted to a non-literal type (i.e. by
using them together with a non-literal expression).
This means that computations do not overflow and divisions do not truncate