[RFC] [Discussion] Fix up BCMath Number Class / Change GMP bool cast behavior

Hi all,

Hi internals,

Created a follow-up RFC for the BCMath\Number class. This RFC also contains proposed changes to GMP's bool cast. I have proposed similar changes to BCMath, so for procedural efficiency I have combined them into the same RFC.

Note that although they are combined into one RFC, these votes are taken independently.

https://wiki.php.net/rfc/fix_up_bcmath_number_class

Regards,

Saki

Added changes to RFC. It is a proposal to remove all rounding during calculations due to convenience issues and the fact that the functionality is "excessive" to begin with.

To be precise, it will have the same truncation behavior as the existing BCMath function, making it impossible for users to change this behavior during calculations. If the user wants to perform rounding, they must always use the round() method.

Regards,

Saki

Hi all,

Hi internals,

Created a follow-up RFC for the BCMath\Number class. This RFC also contains proposed changes to GMP's bool cast. I have proposed similar changes to BCMath, so for procedural efficiency I have combined them into the same RFC.

Note that although they are combined into one RFC, these votes are taken independently.

https://wiki.php.net/rfc/fix_up_bcmath_number_class

Regards,

Saki

Barring any further discussion, I plan to open the vote on 7/15.

Regards,

Saki

Hi

Created a follow-up RFC for the BCMath\Number class. This RFC also contains proposed changes to GMP's bool cast. I have proposed similar changes to BCMath, so for procedural efficiency I have combined them into the same RFC.

Note that although they are combined into one RFC, these votes are taken independently.

https://wiki.php.net/rfc/fix_up_bcmath_number_class

Thank you. As one of the persons who had concerns about the API
introduced in the first RFC all these changes make sense to me and
clearly improve the API. I'll happily vote in favor of both votes.

Best regards
Tim Düsterhus

Hi all,

Hi internals,

Created a follow-up RFC for the BCMath\Number class. This RFC also contains proposed changes to GMP's bool cast. I have proposed similar changes to BCMath, so for procedural efficiency I have combined them into the same RFC.

Note that although they are combined into one RFC, these votes are taken independently.

https://wiki.php.net/rfc/fix_up_bcmath_number_class

Regards,

Saki

Added one more change to the RFC.

Currently, there is no other expression for comparison in PHP called "comp”. The expression "cmp" is mainly used for functions, and the expression "compare" is used for class methods.

e.g.
https://www.php.net/manual/ja/splpriorityqueue.compare.php
https://www.php.net/manual/ja/collator.compare.php

Therefore, follow these conventions and rename comp() to compare().

Regards,

Saki