Changelog and docs for 4.1

Author: arokettu

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 ## 4.x
 
+### 4.1.0
+
+*Jul 14, 2023*
+
+* Removed implicit conversion of floats to strings.
+  Since it was unreliable, it's not considered a BC break.
+
 ### 4.0.0
 
 *Dec 14, 2022*

docs/decoding.rst

@@ -19,20 +19,18 @@ Scalars will be converted to their respective types.
         "d" .
         "3:arrli1ei2ei3ei4ee" .
         "4:booli1e" .
-        "5:float6:3.1415" .
         "3:inti123e" .
         "6:string9:test\0test" .
         "e"
     );
     // [
     //   "arr" => [1,2,3,4],
     //   "bool" => 1,
-    //   "float" => "3.1415",
     //   "int" => 123,
     //   "string" => "test\0test",
     // ]
 
-Please note that floats and booleans will stay converted because Bencode has no native support for these types.
+Please note that booleans will stay converted because Bencode has no native support for these types.
 
 Lists and Dictionaries
 ======================

docs/encoding.rst

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ Encoding
 Scalars and arrays
 ==================
 
+.. versionchanged:: 4.1 floats now throw an exception instead of becoming strings
+
 .. code-block:: php
 
     <?php
@@ -19,8 +21,6 @@ Scalars and arrays
         'arr' => [1,2,3,4],
         // integer is stored as is
         'int' => 123,
-        // float will become a string
-        'float' => 3.1415,
         // true will be an integer 1
         'true' => true,
         // false and null values will be skipped
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ Scalars and arrays
     ]);
     // "d" .
     // "3:arr" . "l" . "i1e" . "i2e" . "i3e" . "i4e" . "e" .
-    // "5:float" . "6:3.1415" .
     // "3:int" . "i123e" .
     // "6:string" . "9:test\0test" .
     // "4:true" . "i1e" .