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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] ZF 0.8.0 Unit Tests behaving different on PHP 5.2.1
      and PHP 5.2.2-dev
From: antony@zend.com (Antony Dovgal)

On 04/15/2007 11:05 AM, Sebastian Nohn wrote:
> <?php
> $a = 6900000000;
> var_dump($a);
> $b = "A is: ".$a;
> var_dump($b);
> ?>
> 
> 5.2.1 output is:
> 
> float(6.9E+9)
> string(16) "A is: 6900000000"
> 
> 5.2.2-dev output is:
> 
> float(6.9E+9)
> string(12) "A is: 6.9E+9"

Nice catch, thanks.

What do you think is the most correct output for 1 000 000 000 000 000 (with precision = 14)?
Versions <= 5.2.1 output "1E+15", 5.2.2 says "1.0E+15".

Both options looks ok to me, but we need to decide which one is the best.
I can find pros/cons for both options myself and it doesn't matter for me which one is chosen, though somebody might.
I remember asking people on the channel and the most popular answer was "both are legal and look ok".

Opinions?

-- 
Wbr, 
Antony Dovgal