Re: print(268435456 + 1)

["Brian Weed" <bw@...>]

Aaron Brown wrote:
> Brian Weed wrote:
>
> > Is there something about adding numbers that I should know
> > about?
>
> > print(0x10000000)
> > 268435456
> >
> > print(0x10000000 + 0x00000001)
> > 268435456
> >
> > print(0x10000000 + 0x00000002)
> > 268435456
>
> I get 268435456, 268435457, and 268435458.  My first guess
> is that you're using (single-precision) floats instead of
> doubles.  What platform are you on?  Did you change
> LUA_NUMBER when compiling?
>
> http://docs.sun.com/source/806-3568/ncg_goldberg.html
This is on Win32 (Lua is part of our game engine).  We did not modify 
LUA_NUMBER.  It's still double.
Lua is compiled as a static lib via Visual C++ 6.0.  The app is compiled 
via Visual Studio 2005.

Brian