note 65701 added to function.bcdiv

Let me see if I can clarify: If you pass a _string_ such as "1E2" to a BC math function, it will stop reading as soon as it sees the "E". (The BC math functions do not know scientific notation.) If you set the variable $foo equal to the _numeric_ 1E2, the variable $foo will then contain the mathematical number known as "one hundred". If you then pass $foo to a BC math function, PHP will convert the contents of $foo (the mathematical number one hundred) into the string "100". This is the same exact behaviour you would get if you tried to evaluate $foo." apples": you have something which expects a string but you are passing it a number, so the number gets converted to a string. However, if you try to pass a googol (or rather, the closest IEEE double-precision floating-point number to a googol) to BC math this way, I would not expect it to work. Why? Because PHP would try to write that googol (excuse me, approximation to a googol) in scientific notation (it would, wouldn't it? I'm too lazy to try it), and BC math does not know scientific notation. So there. ---- Server IP: 216.194.113.175 Probable Submitter: 172.166.169.55 ---- X-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_MISSING,FROM_NO_LOWER autolearn=no version=2.64 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.bcdiv.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/note/edit/65701 Del: integrated -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/65701/integrated Del: useless -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/65701/useless Del: bad code -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/65701/bad+code Del: spam -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/65701/spam Del: non-english -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/65701/non-english Del: in docs -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/65701/in+docs Del: other reasons-- http://master.php.net/note/delete/65701 Reject -- http://master.php.net/note/reject/65701 Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php