[PHP-DEV] Fixing arbitrary 40 digit max precision in printf code

2009-04-28 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
Prompted by http://www.exploringbinary.com/print-precision-of-dyadic-fractions-varies-by-language/ I agree with the author that 40 is a weird arbitrary limit to impose here. As he writes, the smallest float that will fit in a double is 1074 decimal digits and the largest is 53. I don't see a rea

[PHP-DEV] PHP 5.3.0RC2

2009-04-28 Thread Lukas Kahwe Smith
Aloha, So seriously .. Thursday next week we will release RC2. This means a commit freeze for all but build fixes and README commits starting Monday evening. Also with RC2 any feature additions, regardless of how small, will no longer be allowed (when in doubt if a patch is a feature addi