Re: Re: PDO types
| From: | Timm Friebe | Date: | Sun, 20 Feb 2005 15:37:43 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: PDO types | ||
| References: | 1 2 3 4 | Groups: | php.internals |
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On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 09:44 -0500, Wez Furlong wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 12:36:01 +0100, Timm Friebe <thekid@thekid.de> wrote:
> > * If the number does not fit, I will try to convert it into a double
> > (PHP datatype float). This is the case for e.g. numeric(10) - values
> > might not fit. This is the same what PHP does when adding 1 to
> > LONG_MAX, for instance. If - in the procedure of doing so, strtod()
> > gives an ERANGE or if the length overflows EG(precision), I will
> > return a string.
>
> This is exactly what I wanted to avoid.
Why is that so? I think this a good idea - it saves memory in the usual
case (most numbers will probably fit into a long).
> Please don't make this change.
How could I? I only have CVS karma for ext/sybase_ct, not for anything
else, not Zend, not PDO:)
--
Timm
If it ain't broken, it doesn't have enough features yet