[TYPO3-team-core-v5] Validation: should '123' be considered a valid float?

[Malte Jansen]

Hi Karsten,

a while ago in of my lecture the float was defined as something like that:
<float> := <integer>,<integerWithLeadingZero> | <integer>

But I cannot remember, where it was exactly.

Perhaps there should be something like:

public static is_float($value, $numberOfDecimalPlacement = NULL) {

When $numberOfDecimalPlacement == NULL than floats and integers are allowed.
When $numberOfDecimalPlacement == TRUE than any float with a dot is allowed.

When $numberOfDecimalPlacement == <integer> than a float with the 
certain  number is allowed...
}


Cheers,

Malte

Karsten Dambekalns schrieb:

> But there's a philosophical^W^Wanother point to the story: Imagine a 
> "Weight Watchers" website. You need to enter your weight. The argument 
> has been assigned a "float" validator.
> 
> You enter  |  Valid?
>   87.5     |    Yes
>   68.0     |    Yes
>   100      |     No

> So, should we
>  a) accept 100 as valid float or rather


>  b) declare both int and float as acceptable in the example above?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Karsten