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Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Ticket #55942, comment 58

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2	2	> 'number' should be treated as union type int\|float (PHP 8.0) and pass the `is_numeric()` test.
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4		The problem here is how to match PHP data types to REST data types (as implemented in WP). Seems REST's `number` should match PHP's `float`. So when retrieving registered meta of type `number`, it will have to do `get_metadata( $meta_type, $object_id, $meta_key, $single, 'float' );`
	4	The problem here is how to match PHP data types to REST data types (as implemented in WP). Seems REST's `number` should match PHP's `float`. So when retrieving registered meta of type `number`, it will have to do `get_metadata( $meta_type, $object_id, $meta_key, $single, 'float' );` at the lower level.
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6	6	(It's a bit confusing that the REST data types (as used in WP) seem to come from JSON data types, however JSON doesn't have `integer` type according to [https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8259.html#section-1 RFC 8259].)