Re: [PHP4BETA] bug or feature ???

On Tue, 23 May 2000, Joey wrote: > > > > > > but if windows locale scheme is broken, > > > > IMHO it's a bit beyond PHP to fix it. > > > > > > what about to force php4 to use '.' > > > as decimal point ? > > I'd agree to that. Most programming languages use a decimal point, and in > > order to attract as many people as possible, I'd stick to that. > > > > Just my 2c, > > Christian > > > Then why is it that C's strtod() is locale sensitive? You use C to write applications, and it does make sense for applications to be localized; Thus, it does make that functions used to build applications in C would be localized. It doesn't make sense for programming languages to be localized, in my opinion. A PHP script that someone writes in France should work fine on a machine in Germany or the US, just like it would work with a C program. Zeev -- Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> http://www.zend.com/