Re: json_decode/encode should return full precision values by default

Hi all, On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 7:44 AM, Yasuo Ohgaki <yohgaki@ohgaki.net> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 1:13 AM, Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Instead of continuing to use serialize_precision, which will produce >> unnecessarily long outputs for many values, why don't we just switch to >> using the 0 mode of zend_dtoa, i.e. to return the shortest output that is >> still accurate if interpreted in round-to-nearest. I think this is what >> everybody else is using when they convert floating point numbers to >> strings. I guess we may not be able to change normal floating point >> printing to use this, but this seems like the best mode for anything using >> serialize_precision now and everything that should be using it (like JSON, >> and queries, etc). > > > I prefer your proposal! > Your proposal is a lot better than now. > Anyone has opinion for this? > > I'm writing the RFC and I would like to make this the first option. i.e. > serialize_precision=0 uses "zend_dtoa 0 mode" for all data exchange > functions (json/serialize/var_exrport. Anyone care about WDDX/XML_RPC?) > I wrote draft RFC. https://wiki.php.net/rfc/precise_float_value Please comment. I would like to start RFC discussion shortly. Thank you. -- Yasuo Ohgaki yohgaki@ohgaki.net