Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP5: bcmath

2004-02-10 Thread Zeev Suraski
At 21:54 10/02/2004, Georg Richter wrote: > Hi, > before this thread moves out of sight, here's a sum up. > Let's see if we can go on from here or drop the idea. Yes, not too much votes, which is understandable: people are more interested to have a progressbar for uploads than to support basic thi

Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP5: bcmath

2004-02-10 Thread Georg Richter
> Hi, > before this thread moves out of sight, here's a sum up. > Let's see if we can go on from here or drop the idea. Yes, not too much votes, which is understandable: people are more interested to have a progressbar for uploads than to support basic things like precision be default. Georg

Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP5: bcmath

2004-02-10 Thread Zeev Suraski
+1 from me... (you must have wondered at which point the personality switch will take place, eh? :) Zeev At 12:03 10/02/2004, Jan Lehnardt wrote: Hi, before this thread moves out of sight, here's a sum up. Let's see if we can go on from here or drop the idea. Georg: +1 ("enterpriseness" of

Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP5: bcmath

2004-02-10 Thread Jan Lehnardt
Hi, On 10 Feb 2004, at 19:48, Stefan Walk wrote: Just a note - I'm not in favour of installing GMP (or BC) by default, i just stated that it has better features (and that it's not available on windows). Whoops, sorry. I got that wrong. But anyway, that vote seems clear now. Thank you all for your

Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP5: bcmath

2004-02-10 Thread Stefan Walk
> Stefan Walk: +1 for GMP (GMP's superior) Just a note - I'm not in favour of installing GMP (or BC) by default, i just stated that it has better features (and that it's not available on windows). -- Regards, Stefan Walk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing Li

Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP5: bcmath

2004-02-10 Thread Jani Taskinen
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Jan Lehnardt wrote: >Hi, >before this thread moves out of sight, here's a sum up. >Let's see if we can go on from here or drop the idea. > >Georg: +1 ("enterpriseness" of PHP) >Sebastian: +1 (is default on Win for ages) >Pierre:+1 (reduces bug reports) > >Andi: +0

Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP5: bcmath

2004-02-10 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
Ilia Alshanetsky wrote: Majority of PHP application and hence users do not require this extension. Those who do, in most cases operate in an environment where they have full control over their PHP configuration and thus will be able to enable this extension on demand. I agree with Ilia. -1 --

Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP5: bcmath

2004-02-10 Thread Derick Rethans
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Jan Lehnardt wrote: > Hi, > before this thread moves out of sight, here's a sum up. > Let's see if we can go on from here or drop the idea. > > Georg: +1 ("enterpriseness" of PHP) > Sebastian: +1 (is default on Win for ages) > Pierre:+1 (reduces bug reports) > > Andi:

Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP5: bcmath

2004-02-10 Thread Jan Lehnardt
Hi, before this thread moves out of sight, here's a sum up. Let's see if we can go on from here or drop the idea. Georg: +1 ("enterpriseness" of PHP) Sebastian: +1 (is default on Win for ages) Pierre:+1 (reduces bug reports) Andi: +0 (if I got him right) Marcus:+0 Sara: -0 (no

Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP5: bcmath

2004-02-01 Thread Georg Richter
> From what I remember, GMP module is superior to bcmath and works > good, however I have seen problems with bcmath not working in certain > situations. GMP is LGPL, I don't know if it matters. GMP is a solution too - but it's not "very fast" Cheers! Georg -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Develo

Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP5: bcmath

2004-02-01 Thread Sara Golemon
"Ilia Alshanetsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Majority of PHP application and hence users do not require this extension. > Those who do, in most cases operate in an environment where they have full > control over their PHP configuration and thus will be able to en

Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP5: bcmath

2004-02-01 Thread Marcus Boerger
Hello Stanislav, Sunday, February 1, 2004, 10:09:52 AM, you wrote: AG>>> >financial applications and thinking about the impact of "Enterprise" I'm AG>>> >wondering that bcmath is not enabled by default. AG>>> > AG>>> >Is there a reason for it? if not I'm strongly +1 to enable it by default. AG>>>

Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP5: bcmath

2004-02-01 Thread Stefan Walk
> >From what I remember, GMP module is superior to bcmath and works > good, however I have seen problems with bcmath not working in certain > situations. GMP is LGPL, I don't know if it matters. GMP is superior in features, but the ext is not available on windows (at least the manual says so, i

Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP5: bcmath

2004-02-01 Thread Stanislav Malyshev
AG>> >financial applications and thinking about the impact of "Enterprise" I'm AG>> >wondering that bcmath is not enabled by default. AG>> > AG>> >Is there a reason for it? if not I'm strongly +1 to enable it by default. AG>> AG>> I wouldn't mind. >From what I remember, GMP module is superior to

Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP5: bcmath

2004-02-01 Thread Andi Gutmans
At 07:50 AM 2/1/2004 +0100, Georg Richter wrote: Hi, after discussion with Brian Aker about problems with number precision in financial applications and thinking about the impact of "Enterprise" I'm wondering that bcmath is not enabled by default. Is there a reason for it? if not I'm strongly +1 t

Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP5: bcmath

2004-02-01 Thread Pierre-Alain Joye
On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 07:50:45 +0100 Georg Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > after discussion with Brian Aker about problems with number precision > in financial applications and thinking about the impact of > "Enterprise" I'm wondering that bcmath is not enabled by default. > > Is ther

Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP5: bcmath

2004-02-01 Thread Ilia Alshanetsky
Majority of PHP application and hence users do not require this extension. Those who do, in most cases operate in an environment where they have full control over their PHP configuration and thus will be able to enable this extension on demand. -1. Ilia On February 01, 2004 01:50 am, Georg R

Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP5: bcmath

2004-02-01 Thread Sebastian Bergmann
Georg Richter wrote: > Is there a reason for it? if not I'm strongly +1 to enable it by > default. +1 (it's been enabled by default on Windows for ages) -- Sebastian Bergmann http://sebastian-bergmann.de/ http://phpOpenTracker.de/ Das Buch zu PHP 5: http://professionelle-sof

[PHP-DEV] PHP5: bcmath

2004-01-31 Thread Georg Richter
Hi, after discussion with Brian Aker about problems with number precision in financial applications and thinking about the impact of "Enterprise" I'm wondering that bcmath is not enabled by default. Is there a reason for it? if not I'm strongly +1 to enable it by default. Georg -- PHP Inter