Re: [RFC] Config setting to force all math operations to pass through BCMath library.

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 22:05, Michael Morris <dmgx.michael@gmail.com> wrote: > I do use it.  It's a pain in the ass to read because you have to LISP > nest all the operations.  You can't tell me this is easy or intuitive > to read... > > bcadd( bcsub( $bill['penalty'], $bill['rounding'], 2),bcmul( > $bill['taxdue'], bcmul( $penalty, $monthsAhead, 2 ), 2 ), 2 ) > > Compared to > > $bill['penalty'] - $bill['rounding'] + $bill['taxdue'] * $penalty > * > $monthsAhead; > > You can do it, but it's eye bleeding. I agree with you, how about having the bcmath extension support a more general (and even better, non-BC-breaking) function supporting the order of math operations (and maybe even math functions)... Something like a bc(string $operations [, int $scale = 2]) Supporting passing: bc("(29.99 + $a) * $b - pow(10, $c) / 2"); Came across something like that in the manual: http://php.net/ref.bc#107014 How's that for a quick 'n dirty idea to solve this issue? ~ Daniel Macedo