[PHP-BUG] Req #73912 [NEW]: provides "long double"

From:             winbill at hotmail dot com
Operating system: Linux
PHP version:      Next Major Version
Package:          PHP Language Specification
Bug Type:         Feature/Change Request
Bug description:provides "long double" 

Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.floatval
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I need to deal with precision higher than double.
C/C++ provides long double, with gcc on linux, most negative value of a
long double is 3.362103E-4932, and max value of a long double is
1.189731E+4932.

I hope PHP provides "long double" in the coming version.



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