[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #65271: REST API Integer Type Check Fails on Large Ints

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#65271: REST API Integer Type Check Fails on Large Ints
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 Reporter:  kevinfodness                  |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)                  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                        |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  REST API                      |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  minor                         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch needs-unit-tests  |     Focuses:
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Changes (by westonruter):

 * keywords:   => needs-patch needs-unit-tests
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review => Future Release


Comment:

 Good catch. It also seems unsafe in general to compare for exact equality
 with floats like `round( (float) $maybe_integer ) === (float)
 $maybe_integer` given the impreciseness of floating point arithmetic
 (although no arithmetic is being done here).

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