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Re: bug in is_numeric [message #181452 is a reply to message #181451] Fri, 17 May 2013 00:30 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Jerry Stuckle is currently offline  Jerry Stuckle
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On 5/16/2013 7:17 PM, Christoph Becker wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> Binary strings are a completely different problem introduces by the
>> troll 'Pointed Head' which has nothing to do with the OP's problem. But
>> then 'Pointed Head' is notorious (in several newsgroups) for hijacking
>> threads for his own purpose.
>
> Interestingly enough, the topic of this thread is "bug in is_numeric".
> Apparently the only bug of is_numeric() pointed out in this rather
> lenghty thread is the behavior regarding numeric strings in binary
> notation (and maybe octal notation also).
>
> Indeed, this has nothing to do with the OP's problem, but ISTM that that
> was not related to is_numeric() at all.
>
> Anyway, indicating that there's a bug in is_numeric() (or its
> documentation) doesn't seem like "hijacking a thread for one's own
> purpose" to me. On the contrary, I consider it a valuable contribution.
>

No, but since it is unrelated to the OP's problem, it's nothing more
than thread hijacking - something Pointed Head is well known for, as I
said before.

If Pointed Head wanted to bring it up, he should have started a new
thread. Or, better yet, reported it on the PHP bugs database, since
none of the PHP developers pay attention to this newsgroup.

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