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Subject: RE: [PHP-DEV] Constants for better double edge case handling
From: anatol.php@belski.net ("Anatol Belski")

Hi Kalle,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: kalle.php@gmail.com [mailto:kalle.php@gmail.com] On Behalf Of =
Kalle
> Sommer Nielsen
> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 9:05 PM
> To: Anatol Belski <anatol.php@belski.net>
> Cc: PHP Internals <internals@lists.php.net>; Davey Shafik =
<davey@php.net>; Joe
> Watkins <krakjoe@php.net>
> Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Constants for better double edge case handling
>=20
> Hi Anatol
>=20
> 2016-10-18 20:46 GMT+02:00 Anatol Belski <anatol.php@belski.net>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like to suggest adding the following constants
> >
> >     REGISTER_MAIN_LONG_CONSTANT("PHP_DBL_DIG", DBL_DIG,
> > CONST_PERSISTENT | CONST_CS);
> >     REGISTER_MAIN_DOUBLE_CONSTANT("PHP_DBL_MAX", DBL_MAX,
> > CONST_PERSISTENT | CONST_CS);
> >     REGISTER_MAIN_DOUBLE_CONSTANT("PHP_DBL_MIN", DBL_MIN,
> > CONST_PERSISTENT | CONST_CS);
> >     REGISTER_MAIN_DOUBLE_CONSTANT("PHP_DBL_EPSILON", DBL_EPSILON,
> > CONST_PERSISTENT | CONST_CS);
> >
>=20
> I like this idea but I do think that we should name them PHP_DOUBLE_* =
or
> PHP_FLOAT_* (preferably the first).
>=20
Ah, indeed. PHP_FLOAT_* is what is consistent, probably.

Thanks

Anatol