Re: fmod() function
| From: | Graeme Merrall | Date: | Thu, 21 Feb 2002 15:22:23 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: fmod() function | ||
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> >Would it be worth extending the engine to apply the fmod()
> >behavior to the % operator when operating on doubles?
>
> I don't think so, it would be quite a weird BC bug. I don't remember any
>
> complaints about its current behavior in the past few years so I don't
>
> think it's worth changing.
FYI I'm porting some C/Python classes which are used for astronomical
calculations (amateur astronomers may know of Meeus).
I considered just rolling my own fmod() function in PHP but one look at the
function in the glibc source scared the bejesus out of me :)
On the other hand, eventually getting a goodly chunk of the match functions
from glibc into PHP must be a 'good thing' I guess.
Cheers,
Graeme