Re: [VOTE] Saner string to number comparison
| From: | Nikita Popov | Date: | Fri, 17 Jul 2020 16:34:55 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [VOTE] Saner string to number comparison | ||
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On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 6:29 PM Benjamin Morel <benjamin.morel@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Thanks for this RFC, Nikita! This is definitely a step in the right
> direction, and I can only hope it will pass.
>
> One question:
>
> > (...) by using a number comparison only if the string is actually
> numeric. *Otherwise the number is converted into a string, and a string
> comparison is performed.*
>
> Is there a reason to perform another comparison as a string, when the
> string is not numeric? I can’t think of a case where the string comparison
> would match.
>
Comparisons are not just about equality, they are also about ordering.
Nikita