From 460fc9bed45f8d1405195016cb19e69a0767bce4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gwynne Raskind <gwynne@php.net>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 01:27:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify return type of division operator. Fixes bug #39703.
git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@237714 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1
---
language/operators.xml | 18 ++++--------------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/language/operators.xml b/language/operators.xml
index 026b695381..4f66dba1ec 100644
--- a/language/operators.xml
+++ b/language/operators.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.113 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.114 $ -->
<chapter id="language.operators">
<title>Operators</title>
<simpara>
@@ -289,9 +289,9 @@ $a = $b += 3; // $a = ($b += 3) -> $a = 5, $b = 5
</tgroup>
</table>
<simpara>
- The division operator ("/") returns a float value anytime,
- even if the two operands are integers (or strings that get
- converted to integers).
+ The division operator ("/") returns a float value unless the two operands
+ are integers (or strings that get converted to integers) and the numbers
+ are evenly divisible, in which case an integer value will be returned.
</simpara>
<note>
<simpara>
@@ -304,16 +304,6 @@ $a = $b += 3; // $a = ($b += 3) -> $a = 5, $b = 5
<link linkend="ref.math">Math functions</link>.
</simpara>
- <!--
- <simpara>
- The division operator ("/") returns an integer value (the result
- of an integer division) if the two operands are integers (or
- strings that get converted to integers) and the quotient is an
- integer. If either operand is a floating-point value, or the
- operation results in a non-integer value, a floating-point value
- is returned.
- </simpara>
- -->
</sect1>
<sect1 id="language.operators.assignment">