Re: lua crashes with 64-bit integers (Todor Totev)

["Todor Totev" <umbra.tenebris@...>]

> > i'm using Lua 5.0.2 with lua_Number defined as __int64
> > Now, the simple expression
> > =1/0
> > crashes Lua interpreter with Division by zero exception.
>
> If you switch to using Lua 5.1.1, the patch at
> http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/ramsdell/tools/lua-5.1-no-fp.patch
> sets up Lua with lua_Number defined as long, and avoids all floating
> point operations.  The patched version has been working quite well for
> me.

I can't switch to 5.1 but the patch was very useful for me because I've
completely forgotten to patch the code for %G etc.
Thank you very much,
Todor