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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] [Discussion] Adding bcround, bcfloor and bcceil
 to BCMath
From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye)

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Hi

On Wed, Oct 4, 2023, 6:39 PM Saki Takamachi <saki@sakiot.com> wrote:

> Hi, Marc, Pierre
>
> Thank you for all the information.
>
> After all, I feel that BCMath and GMP have different roles.
>
> Arbitrary precision mathematics and very high precision mathematics are
> similar but distinctly different.
>

I replied about the FP specific question as it can be confusing. Adding
that gmp* may be a more sustainable solution as it is actively maintained
and widely used.

If PHP has already started integrating these things, then of course I'll
> follow suit, but if not, I'm against these integrations.
>
> If I missed something important, could you please let me know?
>

theoretically I agree, both may have different uses. Practically, and
within php ecosystem, they are used for the same purposes.


best,
Pierre

>

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