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Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 21:12:13 +0000
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To: Craig Duncan <php@duncanc.co.uk>, Internals <internals@lists.php.net>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] [VOTE] Prevent number_format() from returning
 negative zero
From: patrickallaert@php.net (Patrick ALLAERT)

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Le mer. 19 avr. 2017 =C3=A0 19:19, Craig Duncan <php@duncanc.co.uk> a =C3=
=A9crit :

> Hi everyone,
>
> The RFC for making *number_format()* consistent when dealing with negativ=
e
> zero is now in the voting phase.
>
> Voting will be open for 2 weeks and will close at 0:00 UTC on Wednesday 3=
rd
> May.
>
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/number_format_negative_zero
>
> Thanks,
> Craig
>

Hi,

I voted "no", because I think it's more important to avoid possible
backward incompatibilities than fixing something which is hard to determine
whether it is a bug or not.

I'm personally very ok with:
php > echo number_format(-1e-5);
-0

What is non consistent to me is this:
php > echo number_format(-0e-5);
0
php > echo -0e-5;
-0

Since -0e-5 is a negatively signed 0, number_format(-0e-5) should return
"-0" as well.

Cheers,
Patrick

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