Hi! I try to write json structure in file, one of the fields contains a number. So I get an error, which points out that this number is an encountered object: 

use strict;
use warnings;

use JSON::PP;

my $json = {
        'book' => {
            'title' => JSON::PP::true,
            'pages' => 5.03 #this number
        }
    };

open my $fh, '>', 'data_out.json';
print $fh encode_json($json); #this line is in error
close $fh;

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If I make 'pages' => '5.03' - there are no erros BUT I need exactly 5.03 without quotes. Is there any way to make it work? THanks!

UPDATED!

use strict;
use warnings;

#convert all constant numbers to objects 
#it converted 5.03 to an object and it caused the error
use bignum; 

use JSON::PP;

# some code where "bignum" is used
# ...

no bignum; # exclude bignum usage 
my $json = {
        'book' => {
            'title' => JSON::PP::true,
            'pages' => 5.03 #this number
        }
    };

open my $fh, '>', 'data_out.json';
print $fh encode_json($json); #this line is in error
close $fh;

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Also I checked this code for perl 5.10 and 5.20 - I get the same errors when using "bignum" and have no errors in both cases without "bignum". So, there are NO version dependencies (in this case)

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