Re: [phpng] naming

On 07.05.2014 19:59, Andrea Faulds wrote:

On 7 May 2014, at 18:57, Marc Bennewitz <php@marc-bennewitz.de <mailto:php@marc-bennewitz.de>> wrote:

I would also prefer to name it was it represents. I mean a ZVAL represents a PHP typed value and not a C typed one. So for example IS_LONG would be IS_INTEGER and IS_DOUBLE would become IS_FLOAT.

However, integers in PHP are usually abbreviated to just “int”s, so I think that one should be IS_INT. :)

After looking something deeper into documentation/code I'm really unsure what the PHP integer type is named. - The documentation is talking about "integer" mostly but on some points it's talking about "int" also. - http://php.net/manual/language.types.integer.php - On documented function arguments and return values it's named "int" - Type-Functions are named "int" but the type is named "integer" mainly - is_int (alias is_integer and is_long) - intval - gettype returns "integer" - settype expects "integer" or, since PHP 4.2.0, "int" - Constants use the abbr. "INT" - PHP_INT_MAX - PHP_INT_SIZE - On type casting both exists I don't know if one is an alias - http://php.net/manual/language.types.type-juggling.php#language.types.typecasting - None of the both are reserved words PS: With "boolean" and "bool" it's the same mix.

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