irchtml Thu Apr 1 05:00:02 2004 EDT
Modified files:
/phpdoc/en/reference/math/functions base-convert.xml
Log:
bug #23564/23564: base_convert loses percision on large numbers
http://cvs.php.net/diff.php/phpdoc/en/reference/math/functions/base-convert.xml?r1=1.4&r2=1.5&ty=u
Index: phpdoc/en/reference/math/functions/base-convert.xml
diff -u phpdoc/en/reference/math/functions/base-convert.xml:1.4
phpdoc/en/reference/math/functions/base-convert.xml:1.5
--- phpdoc/en/reference/math/functions/base-convert.xml:1.4 Wed Mar 10 09:39:13
2004
+++ phpdoc/en/reference/math/functions/base-convert.xml Thu Apr 1 05:00:01 2004
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
<!-- splitted from ./en/functions/math.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
<refentry id="function.base-convert">
<refnamediv>
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@
</screen>
</example>
</para>
+ <warning>
+ <simpara>
+ <function>base_convert</function> may lose precision on large numbers
+ due to properties related to the internal "double" or "float" type used.
+ Please see the <link linkend="language.types.float">Floating point
numbers</link>
+ section in the manual for more specific information and limitations.
+ </simpara>
+ </warning>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
