Re: Lua and numbers

[Lisa Parratt <lisa@...>]

Gavin Wraith wrote:
> In message <1144309597.4434c75d4577d@webmail.dnainternet.net> you wrote:
>  
> > Just use the "integer patch" from Wiki power patch pages.
>
> I am afraid you have either misunderstood what I wrote or not read
> it carefully.

Unless I'm mistaken the integer patch makes numbers use an integer if 
they're an integer, or a real if they're not. There wouldn't be a need 
for a patch if it were merely replacing numbers with integers, since 
that's already a configuration option.

I don't see it as viable to patch in support for a new numeric type - 
neither the language nor the implementation is designed to support it. 
It would need a vast quantity of the code base to be overhauled.

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Lisa