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Bug #80018 Tests expect var_dump(FLOAT) to print an integer
Submitted: 2020-08-25 20:09 UTC Modified: 2020-08-25 20:32 UTC
From: jamieliu at google dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Testing related
PHP Version: master-Git-2020-08-25 (Git) OS: All
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 [2020-08-25 20:09 UTC] jamieliu at google dot com 
Description:
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Many tests parse the result of var_dump() on a float and expect the result to be an integer:

$ find . -name '*.phpt' | xargs grep 'float(%d)'
./Zend/tests/cast_to_double.phpt:float(%d)
./Zend/tests/settype_double.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_total_space_basic.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_total_space_basic.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_total_space_basic.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_free_space_variation.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_free_space_variation.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_free_space_variation.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_free_space_variation.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_free_space_variation.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_free_space_variation.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_free_space_variation.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_free_space_variation.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_free_space_variation.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_free_space_variation.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_free_space_variation.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_free_space_variation.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_free_space_variation.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_free_space_variation.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_free_space_variation.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_free_space_variation.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_free_space_variation.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_free_space_variation.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_total_space_error.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_free_space_error.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_free_space_error.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_free_space_basic.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_free_space_basic.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_free_space_basic.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_free_space_basic.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_free_space_basic.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_total_space_variation.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_total_space_variation.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_total_space_variation.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_total_space_variation.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_total_space_variation.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_total_space_variation.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_total_space_variation.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_total_space_variation.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/file/disk_total_space_variation.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/general_functions/type.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/general_functions/type.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/general_functions/type.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/general_functions/gettype_settype_basic.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/general_functions/gettype_settype_basic.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/general_functions/gettype_settype_basic.phpt:float(%d)
./ext/standard/tests/general_functions/gettype_settype_basic.phpt:float(%d)

This is problematic because var_dump() will print sufficiently large numbers in exponential notation. An example in Linux:

$ mkdir tmp
$ sudo mount -t tmpfs -o size=$((1 << 62)) tmpfs tmp
$ ~/src/php-src/sapi/cli/php --version
PHP 8.0.0-dev (cli) (built: Aug 25 2020 12:55:38) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.0.0-dev, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
$ ~/src/php-src/sapi/cli/php -r 'var_dump(disk_total_space("tmp"));'
float(4.611686018427388E+18)

I think every instance of "float(%d)" in such tests could simply be converted to use "float(%E)" instead.

Test script:
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See description.

Patches

0001-Tolerate-var_dump-printing-floats-in-exponential-not.patch (last revision 2020-08-25 20:52 UTC by jamieliu at google dot com)

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 [2020-08-25 20:32 UTC] cmb@php.net 
I agree that this should be fixed, but to my knowledge
run-tests.php does not support %E, but only %f.  Are you using
another test runner?
 [2020-08-25 20:50 UTC] jamieliu at google dot com 
My mistake, I though test format strings were interpreted by sscanf(). Using %f instead seems to work (tested by modifying ext/standard/tests/file/disk.phpt to call disk_free_space() and disk_total_space() on a tmpfs mount as described in the original report).
 [2020-08-25 20:52 UTC] jamieliu at google dot com 
The following patch has been added/updated:

Patch Name: 0001-Tolerate-var_dump-printing-floats-in-exponential-not.patch
Revision:   1598388759
URL:        https://bugs.php.net/patch-display.php?bug=80018&patch=0001-Tolerate-var_dump-printing-floats-in-exponential-not.patch&revision=1598388759
 [2020-08-31 07:51 UTC] nikic@php.net 
Automatic comment on behalf of jamieliu@google.com
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=c8093fe94a0bfa6aff3ead29744fb20d7c60c07b
Log: Fix bug #80018: Tolerate var_dump() printing floats in exponential notation in tests
 [2020-08-31 07:51 UTC] nikic@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Closed
 
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