RE: [PHP-DEV] Constants for better double edge case handling

[Anatol Belski]

Hi Kalle,

> -Original Message-
> From: kalle@gmail.com [mailto:kalle@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Kalle
> Sommer Nielsen
> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 9:05 PM
> To: Anatol Belski 
> Cc: PHP Internals ; Davey Shafik ; Joe
> Watkins 
> Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Constants for better double edge case handling
> 
> Hi Anatol
> 
> 2016-10-18 20:46 GMT+02:00 Anatol Belski :
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like to suggest adding the following constants
> >
> > REGISTER_MAIN_LONG_CONSTANT("PHP_DBL_DIG", DBL_DIG,
> > CONST_PERSISTENT | CONST_CS);
> > REGISTER_MAIN_DOUBLE_CONSTANT("PHP_DBL_MAX", DBL_MAX,
> > CONST_PERSISTENT | CONST_CS);
> > REGISTER_MAIN_DOUBLE_CONSTANT("PHP_DBL_MIN", DBL_MIN,
> > CONST_PERSISTENT | CONST_CS);
> > REGISTER_MAIN_DOUBLE_CONSTANT("PHP_DBL_EPSILON", DBL_EPSILON,
> > CONST_PERSISTENT | CONST_CS);
> >
> 
> I like this idea but I do think that we should name them PHP_DOUBLE_* or
> PHP_FLOAT_* (preferably the first).
> 
Ah, indeed. PHP_FLOAT_* is what is consistent, probably.

Thanks

Anatol



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Re: [PHP-DEV] Constants for better double edge case handling

[Kalle Sommer Nielsen]

Hi Anatol

2016-10-18 20:46 GMT+02:00 Anatol Belski :
> Hi,
>
> I would like to suggest adding the following constants
>
> REGISTER_MAIN_LONG_CONSTANT("PHP_DBL_DIG", DBL_DIG, CONST_PERSISTENT |
> CONST_CS);
> REGISTER_MAIN_DOUBLE_CONSTANT("PHP_DBL_MAX", DBL_MAX, CONST_PERSISTENT |
> CONST_CS);
> REGISTER_MAIN_DOUBLE_CONSTANT("PHP_DBL_MIN", DBL_MIN, CONST_PERSISTENT |
> CONST_CS);
> REGISTER_MAIN_DOUBLE_CONSTANT("PHP_DBL_EPSILON", DBL_EPSILON,
> CONST_PERSISTENT | CONST_CS);
>

I like this idea but I do think that we should name them PHP_DOUBLE_*
or PHP_FLOAT_* (preferably the first).


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Kalle Sommer Nielsen
ka...@php.net

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