Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:77459 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 40355 invoked from network); 22 Sep 2014 12:09:03 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 22 Sep 2014 12:09:03 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=ajf@ajf.me; sender-id=pass Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=ajf@ajf.me; spf=pass; sender-id=pass Received-SPF: pass (pb1.pair.com: domain ajf.me designates 192.64.116.200 as permitted sender) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: ajf@ajf.me X-Host-Fingerprint: 192.64.116.200 imap1-2.ox.privateemail.com Received: from [192.64.116.200] ([192.64.116.200:52607] helo=imap1-2.ox.privateemail.com) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id 44/C1-31799-E5110245 for ; Mon, 22 Sep 2014 08:09:03 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.privateemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D36FB00096; Mon, 22 Sep 2014 08:08:59 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at imap1.ox.privateemail.com Received: from mail.privateemail.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (imap1.ox.privateemail.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id VUiARaaBEdeM; Mon, 22 Sep 2014 08:08:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from oa-res-27-90.wireless.abdn.ac.uk (oa-res-27-90.wireless.abdn.ac.uk [137.50.27.90]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.privateemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CE933B0007B; Mon, 22 Sep 2014 08:08:56 -0400 (EDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 13:08:53 +0100 Cc: Peter Cowburn , Pierre Joye , Laruence , PHP internals Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: References: <4D27A10E-6EC6-4806-94DB-1BF1B976CA7D@ajf.me> <600A7E27-7E6F-4ECF-805F-D62814AA3AB2@ajf.me> To: Derick Rethans X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.6) Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE][RFC] Integer Semantics From: ajf@ajf.me (Andrea Faulds) On 22 Sep 2014, at 12:06, Derick Rethans wrote: > I would also like to point out that, just like a 8:8 vote is not a = "50%=20 > majority", 16:8 is technically also not a two thirds *majority*. The=20= > RFC, like with many other important things is of course too vague on=20= > this. An 8:8 vote is not a majority, no, but a 9:8 would be a 50%+1 majority. A 16:8 vote *is* a 2/3 majority. 2/3 of people have voted in favour, = with 1/3 against. It=92s a very narrow one, but so far I=92m yet to see = anyone say it should be 2/3+1 and not plain 2/3. -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/