Re: why is '01' == '1.'?

This may sound like a screwed up idea, and I'm not even sure if I would support it, but just something that went through my mind: A 2nd (flag) parameter for switch could do miracles: switch ($var, SWITCH_STRICT) { } and could be used for more than just strict checks: switch ($var, SWITCH_STRICT | SWITCH_REGEXP) { case '/^[0-9]+$/': echo 'a number'; break; } or perhaps with byte-flags like with fopen(): switch ($var, 'r') { case '/^[0-9]+$/': echo 'a number'; break; } Just an idea, and perhaps gross, but very practical if you ask me. - Ron "Stefan Walk" <stefan.walk@gmail.com> schreef in bericht news:4858f9d90512150059x71eec489t@mail.gmail.com... See http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=23110 It's definitely a gotcha, especially if you use switch(){}, as there is no way to do strict type checking there. Regards, Stefan