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"A string of characters acting as numbers? Hell no. People could put in anything. '234-fake-num' isn't a real phone number! This way we'll be sure the numbers a
by zck 16y ago
"A string of characters acting as numbers? Hell no. People could put in anything. '234-fake-num' isn't a real phone number! This way we'll be sure the numbers are real. Besides, look how much space we'll be saving."
- pan69 16y agoBad idea as celoyd pointed out. Besides, to check whether a phone number is real or not we use regular expressions.
- j_baker 16y agoI think he was being facetious...
- reitzensteinm 16y agoI don't think zck was arguing for phone numbers as integers. I think he was just dissecting the broken thinking that would cause someone to make that decision.
- dalore 16y agoTo check if a phone number is real, it's best to call it.
- joshfinnie 16y agoMy google voice number is 786-J-Finnie... I really hate that I can't enter that on a vaild phone number on many websites! Since I specificially looked for that as a phone number, I haven't memorized the actual numers of JFINNIE, so I just put in a fake number.