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Re: Why don't we accept exponential format for integers? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: Why don't we accept exponential format for integers?
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Msg-id 1292617876.28145.25.camel@jd-desktop
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In response to Re: Why don't we accept exponential format for integers?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Why don't we accept exponential format for integers?  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Re: Why don't we accept exponential format for integers?  (Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>)
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> Just another example of the fact that PHP was designed by incompetent
> amateurs :-(
> 
> http://www.junauza.com/2010/12/top-50-programming-quotes-of-all-time.html

Unless I am misunderstanding the argument... perl and python both
support what is suggested here.

jd@jd-desktop:~$ perl -e 'print int('1e+01')';
10

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake


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