R: R: [phpxmlrpc-devel] is this list working?

[Gaetano G. <giu...@se...>]

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>=20
> and problem is, how to code VERY BIG float to non-scientific=20
> format. simply sprintf(%f,$number) seems to be not working=20
> properly.
>=20
> printf("%f",1.3e200) produces=20
> 12999999999999977000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
> 00000000000000000.00000000
> which is near 1.3e78.
>=20
> 1.3e200 should by inside double range.
>

max float =3D	+3.4028235e38
max double =3D  +1.7976931348623157e308
[I found these values somewhere on the net other than the C(glibc?) =
spec, so I'm not too confident:]

>=20
> so maybe we should consider allow to use scientific format?
>=20

Another option would be to simply encode/decode the scientific-formatted =
values as strings, and do the conversion inside the application.
If you're developing a private app there's no problem, since you build =
both client & server.
If you are developing a server open to public usage it might not look =
very 'clean', but then you're better off sticking to the protocol as =
much as you can anyway ...

regards,
Gaetano