fix: make Number vals type float only

phable/kinds.py

@@ -71,15 +71,15 @@ class Number:
     [here](https://project-haystack.org/doc/docHaystack/Kinds#number).
 
     Parameters:
-        val: Integer or floating point value.
+        val: Floating point value.
         unit:
             Optional unit of measurement defined in Project Haystack's standard unit
             database [here](https://project-haystack.org/doc/docHaystack/Units).
 
             **Note**: Phable does not validate a defined unit at this time.
     """
 
-    val: int | float
+    val: float
     unit: str | None = None
 
     def __str__(self):

phable/parsers/json.py

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def _dict_to_json(row: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
     return parsed_row
 
 
-def _number_to_json(num: Number) -> int | float | dict[str, str | float]:
+def _number_to_json(num: Number) -> float | dict[str, str | float]:
     if num.unit is None:
         return num.val
     return {"_kind": "number", "val": num.val, "unit": num.unit}
@@ -169,9 +169,6 @@ def _parse_number(d: dict[str, str]) -> Number:
     unit = d.get("unit", None)
     num = float(d["val"])
 
-    if num % 1 == 0:
-        num = int(num)
-
     return Number(num, unit)