Doc #70907 [Opn]: incorrect info about INF
| From: | cmb@php.net | Date: | Thu, 17 Dec 2015 11:44:41 +0000 |
| Subject: | Doc #70907 [Opn]: incorrect info about INF | ||
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Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70907&edit=1
ID: 70907
Updated by: cmb@php.net
Reported by: slevy1 at pipeline dot com
Summary: incorrect info about INF
Status: Open
Type: Documentation Problem
Package: Documentation problem
Operating System: n/a
PHP Version: Irrelevant
-Assigned To:
+Assigned To: cmb
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
> The truth is plain to see that INF became available as a
> constant in PHP4.3.6.
Well, the truth is that PHP 4 is unsupported since several years,
and most of its documentation has already been removed from the
manual (the rest pending due to lack of time), so it wouldn't make
sense to document INF as available from PHP 4.3.6 on.
Previous Comments:
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[2015-11-13 21:42:29] slevy1 at pipeline dot com
I suggest that it is more helpful to provide users the whole truth instead of just a slice. The
truth is plain to see that INF became available as a constant in PHP4.3.6.
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[2015-11-13 08:36:19] requinix@php.net
How about the comment says they're available for all versions of PHP 5+? Given that's all
the docs are supposed to cover now anyways.
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[2015-11-13 08:18:27] slevy1 at pipeline dot com
Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/math.constants
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"All constants without a labeled PHP version above are available starting with PHP
4.0.0."
Except that INF is a constant that is only recognized by PHP4.3.6. Previous versions of PHP 4 do
not recognize the unlabeled constant.
Expected result:
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I expected PHP4.0.0 to recognize the constant INF. It does not -- just perceives the string
"INF".
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