Re: [RFC] [Discussion] Support object type in BCMath

On Sun, 24 Mar 2024, Saki Takamachi wrote: > Hi internals, > > I want to start the discussion on the PHP RFC: Support object type in BCMath. > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/support_object_type_in_bcmath I have some comments: - You've picked as class name "BcNum". Following our naming guidelines, that probably should be \BCMath\Num (or \BC\Num, but that is less descriptive): https://github.com/php/policies/blob/main/coding-standards-and-naming.rst#namespaces-in-extensions The reason it *should* have "BC" is that it comes from "Basic Calculator" (https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.bc.php#118203) - Should ->value rather be ->toString() ? ->value alone doesn't really say much. I'm on the fence here though, as there is already (internally) a ->__toString() method to make the (string) cast work. - Would it make sense to have "floor" and "ceil" to also have a scale, or precision? Or would developers instead have to use "round" in that case? - Which rounding modes are supported with "round", the same ones as the normal round() function? - In this example, what would $result->scale show? (Perhaps add that to the example?): <?php $num = new BcNum('1.23', 2); $result = $num + '1.23456'; $result->value; // '2.46456' $result->scale; // ?? - Exceptions The RFC does not mention which exceptions can be thrown. Is it just the one? It might be beneficial to *do* have a new exception hierarchy. cheers, Derick -- https://derickrethans.nl | https://xdebug.org | https://dram.io Author of Xdebug. Like it? Consider supporting me: https://xdebug.org/support mastodon: @derickr@phpc.social @xdebug@phpc.social