Re: [RFC] Safe Casting Functions

Hi! > Thinking a bit more on this, if we don't want the 2/3 hurdle and perhaps > make this a bit (or actually a lot) less controversial, we should change the > names of these functions. to_float() strongly implies that this function > represents PHP's standard typing ruleset, which these functions do not. If it's done as part of filter or maybe even some aliases, like filter_float for example (I still not completely getting why one needs them, but assuming it's just my problem), then it can be considered filter part, under the condition that these rules are not set in the engine as "the rules" for treating the types - otherwise it's still be language change. -- Stanislav Malyshev, Software Architect SugarCRM: http://www.sugarcrm.com/