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To: Rowan Collins <rowan.collins@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP_FLOAT_MIN is positive
From: krakjoe@gmail.com (Joe Watkins)

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Thanks for explain.

Cheers
Joe

On Wed, 3 Apr 2019 at 14:40, Rowan Collins <rowan.collins@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 3 Apr 2019 at 13:33, Benjamin Morel <benjamin.morel@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > PHP_FLOAT_MIN (float)
> > > Smallest representable POSITIVE floating point number. If you need the
> > > smallest representable floating point number, use - PHP_FLOAT_MAX.
> > > Available as of PHP 7.2.0.
> >
>
>
> I'd avoid the word "smallest". PHP_FLOAT_MIN could be described as having
> the "smallest magnitude", and -PHP_FLOAT as being "the largest magnitude,
> but negative".
>
> Perhaps:
>
> > Closest representable positive floating point number to zero. If you need
> the
> > negative number furthest from zero, use -PHP_FLOAT_MAX.
>
>
> Regards,
> --
> Rowan Collins
> [IMSoP]
>

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