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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] '9223372036854775807' == '9223372036854775808'
From: rasmus@lerdorf.com (Rasmus Lerdorf)

On 04/13/2012 09:09 AM, Stas Malyshev wrote:
> However I think it would make sense not to use this conversion in string
> comparisons when we know it's lossy - it seems to be outside of the use
> case for such comparisons and it seems apparent by now that it is hard
> for people to understand why it works this way.

Yup, I agree, if the type juggling loses data we should skip the juggle
and do a direct comparison which I think is what Gustavo's patch does.
If people explicitly cast things then the cast, even if it is lossy,
should happen.

-Rasmus