Re: [exim] More integer annoyances in 4.65

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Author: David Saez Padros
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To: Marc Perkel
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] More integer annoyances in 4.65
Hi !!

> Phil, my thinking is to make it work in a way that seems natural to the
> end user. Looking at the user's expectations and the amount of support
> it would generate. You have string functions and numeric functions in
> Exim. Regardless of how you store these variables internally I believe
> it is reasonable to treat null variables in string functions as an empty
> string and null variables in numeric variables as zero.


why it's natural to think that an empty string equals to zero ? in my
point of view an empty or null string is not a number and if somebody
wants to compare numbers he should ensure that both thing to compare
in a *numeric comparision* are numbers.

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