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Summary

CLI monetary amounts were parsed with strconv.ParseFloat into float64, scaled by math.Pow10, then truncated to int64. This addresses W48 (truncation instead of rounding) and W49 (float64 parsing), which is the root cause.

float64 carries a 53-bit mantissa, so amounts above ~9 billion TRX lose precision, and Go truncates on float-to-int conversion:

8.2 TRX   -> 8199999 SUN   (short by 1 SUN)
1.005 TRX -> 1004999 SUN   (short by 1 SUN)

Negative and non-finite values were also accepted, leaving rejection entirely to the node.

Note: review.md W48 cites 1.1 TRX -> 1099999. That example does not reproduce — 1.1 happens to round up in binary. The bug is real, but 8.2 is the correct illustration.

Approach

New common.ParseAmount(amount string, decimals int) (int64, error) scales a decimal string into base units using big.Int, never float64. It rejects negatives, NaN/Inf, scientific notation, more fractional digits than the token's decimals, and int64 overflow. Every CLI money site routes through it, so W48 dissolves rather than being papered over with math.Round.

strconv.ParseFloat and math.Pow10 are now entirely absent from cmd/subcommands.

Backward compatibility

The first pass introduced three regressions, all caught in review and fixed here:

Issue Impact
--expected 0.0 compared against the literal "0" Took the explicit branch and submitted a zero minimum return — silently removing slippage protection on exchange trade
result["amount"] assigned the raw arg string {"amount": 1.1} became {"amount": "1.1"}, breaking jq .amount consumers
Auto-quote resolved the received token's precision unconditionally A failed metadata lookup hard-failed a trade that previously succeeded

Fixes:

  • common.FormatAmount — exact inverse of ParseAmount, emitted as json.Number. JSON output stays numeric and becomes exact, since it no longer round-trips through float64. It also stops raw input like 01.100 or surrounding whitespace leaking into output.
  • isDecimalZero — parses at scale 0 so every spelling of zero (0.0, .0, +0, 00, 0.000000) is recognized, preserving the old float64 == 0 semantics for --expected and --tokenValue.
  • The auto-quote path no longer touches the received token's metadata; that lookup happens only when an explicit --expected actually needs scaling.

--value, --tokenValue and --expected change from Float64Var to StringVar (defaults "0"), so the no-flag path is unchanged.

Intentional behavior changes

  • TRC10 issue ratio was parsed as float32, which silently corrupted values. Now exact:

    RATIO before after
    0.000001 0:1 (zero ratio) 1:1000000
    1.000001 1:1 1000001:1000000
    16777217 16777216:1 16777217:1
  • Over-precise input (1.1234567 for a 6-decimal token) now errors instead of silently truncating.

  • Scientific notation (1e6) is rejected.

  • trc10 issue TOTAL_SUPPLY now accepts fractional input (previously ParseInt only) — a widening.

Out of scope

  • trc20 send still uses decimals.FromString (big.Float, not float64). Not W48/W49; PR-9 owns trc20.go.
  • Display-only floats remain (ICO price, unfreeze WithdrawAmount/1e6) — not amount parsers.
  • A colon ratio with a zero denominator (1:0) is accepted. Pre-existing on both sides of this change; not widened here.

Testing

make test (pkg/common 94.2% coverage) · go test -race ./cmd/... · make lint 0 issues · make

New: TestParseAmount, TestParseAmount_AboveFloatMantissa, TestFormatAmount, TestFormatAmount_IsValidJSONNumber, TestFormatAmount_RoundTrip, TestIsDecimalZero.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved accuracy when entering and displaying TRX and token amounts, including large and fractional values.
    • Prevented rounding and truncation errors across transfers, contracts, freezing, ICOs, and exchanges.
    • Added clearer validation for invalid amounts, unsupported precision, overflow, missing tokens, and zero-reserve exchanges.
  • Enhancements

    • Exchange trades can calculate expected output from current reserves when no expected amount is provided.
    • JSON amounts now use consistent, readable decimal formatting.
    • Added precise validation for token issue ratios and supply values.

CLI amounts were parsed with strconv.ParseFloat and scaled by math.Pow10
before truncating to int64. float64 has a 53-bit mantissa, so amounts above
~9 billion TRX lost precision, and the float-to-int conversion truncated
rather than rounded (8.2 TRX became 8199999 SUN). Negative and non-finite
input was accepted, leaving rejection to the node.

Add common.ParseAmount, which scales a decimal string into base units with
big.Int and rejects negatives, NaN/Inf, over-precise input, and int64
overflow. Route account, contract, trc10 and exchange amounts through it.
The TRC10 issue ratio was parsed as float32, which silently turned 0.000001
into a zero ratio and 16777217 into 16777216; it is now exact.

Keep existing behaviour intact:

- common.FormatAmount renders the parsed value back to a canonical decimal
  emitted as json.Number, so "amount" and "cost" stay JSON numbers rather
  than becoming strings
- isDecimalZero preserves the old float `== 0` checks for --expected and
  --tokenValue, so "0.0" still means unset; comparing against the literal
  "0" would have submitted a zero minimum return on exchange trade
- the exchange auto-quote no longer depends on the received token's
  metadata lookup, which previously fell back to 6 decimals silently
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The pull request replaces floating-point amount handling with exact decimal parsing and integer base units. It applies shared parsing to account, contract, TRC10, and exchange commands, and formats JSON amounts as decimal numbers.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Exact amount utilities and validation
pkg/common/amount.go, pkg/common/amount_test.go, cmd/subcommands/amount.go, cmd/subcommands/amount_test.go
Adds decimal parsing, formatting, issue-ratio parsing, zero detection, Bancor rounding, and validation tests.
Command amount migration
cmd/subcommands/account.go, cmd/subcommands/contract.go, cmd/subcommands/trc10.go
Uses validated integer parsing for TRX and token amounts, token precision, protobuf getters, and formatted JSON output.
Exchange amount and trade flow
cmd/subcommands/exchange.go
Uses precision-aware parsing for exchange operations and integer Bancor quote calculation for trades.

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The PR replaces imprecise monetary parsing with exact decimal handling and includes the described compatibility fixes; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

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  participant CLI
  participant TRC10Metadata
  participant ExchangeAPI
  CLI->>TRC10Metadata: Resolve token precision
  CLI->>ExchangeAPI: Fetch exchange reserves
  CLI->>CLI: Parse amounts into base units
  CLI->>ExchangeAPI: Submit trade with integer amounts
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cmd/subcommands/exchange.go (1)

411-411: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Use the nil-safe protobuf accessor.

ctrlr.Receipt is a *core.TransactionInfo, which provides GetExchangeReceivedAmount(). Replace the direct field read with ctrlr.Receipt.GetExchangeReceivedAmount().

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In `@cmd/subcommands/exchange.go` at line 411, Update the TokenAmount2 assignment
to call ctrlr.Receipt.GetExchangeReceivedAmount() instead of directly accessing
ExchangeReceivedAmount, using the nil-safe protobuf accessor while preserving
the existing receipt value mapping.

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Inline comments:
In `@cmd/subcommands/contract.go`:
- Line 297: Update the error return in the TRC10 metadata lookup around
GetAssetIssueByID to add descriptive context identifying the failed lookup and
token ID while wrapping the original error with %w, preserving access to its
underlying RPC result code.

Apply the same fix in `@cmd/subcommands/exchange.go` around lines 30 - 31: Same
metadata lookup failure handling issue for the received token.

In `@cmd/subcommands/exchange.go`:
- Line 415: Update the JSON serialization around json.Marshal(result) to capture
and handle its error instead of discarding it; return a contextual error when
marshaling fails, while preserving the existing output behavior on success.
- Around line 52-54: Update the duplicate-token validation in the exchange
creation flow to parse or normalize both input tokens first, then compare the
resulting tokenID1 and tokenID2 values. Reject equal normalized IDs before
calling ExchangeCreate, while preserving the existing error behavior.

In `@pkg/common/amount.go`:
- Around line 146-147: Update the inverse-contract comment near FormatAmount and
ParseAmount to state the guarantee only for non-negative v and scales within
0..MaxAmountDecimals; do not claim reversibility for negative values or
out-of-range decimal scales.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@cmd/subcommands/exchange.go`:
- Line 411: Update the TokenAmount2 assignment to call
ctrlr.Receipt.GetExchangeReceivedAmount() instead of directly accessing
ExchangeReceivedAmount, using the nil-safe protobuf accessor while preserving
the existing receipt value mapping.
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parseExchangeTokenAmount and the trade auto-quote lookup collapsed an RPC
error from GetAssetIssueByID into "TRC10 not found", hiding transient and
permission failures behind a misleading message. Wrap the error with the
token ID instead, and report not-found only when the response is nil.

exchange create compared the raw token arguments, so "TRX" and "0" — which
both normalize to "_" — passed the duplicate check and created an exchange
against itself. Compare the normalized IDs after parsing.

Also narrow the FormatAmount doc comment: the ParseAmount round trip holds
only for non-negative values within 0..MaxAmountDecimals.
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