Biggest Number

[Matthias Dörfelt <lists@...>]

Hi,

in C++ I often times use idioms like:

auto shortestDistance = std::numeric_limits<float>::max()
// …
for(auto item : list)
{	
	float dist = determineDistance(item);
	if(dist < shortestDistance)
	{
		// ...
		shortestDistance = dist;
	}
}
// …

After browsing for a while I could not find any similar constant to std::numeric_limits<float>::max() to get the biggest available number in lua. Is there one? If not, is there a reliable way to build my own function/constant?

Thanks,
Matthias