Re: Best Practices for Lua -> "Lua+"?

[Asko Kauppi <askok@...>]

Yes, LNUM patch is at the moment The way to optimize Lua integer  
performance.

I have yet to hear what Lua authors think of the latest version, but  
it would seem to me to be beneficial for the whole language to include  
the patch (or: parts of it).

The current version does not slow down FP platforms. In places, it  
simplifies the Lua code internally. It has been extensively tested and  
it comes with a test suite to make sure changes wouldn't break anything.

-asko


Alexander Gladysh kirjoitti 24.3.2008 kello 12:42:
> > > > * Seperating LuaNumber into ints/floats for range/performance  
> > > > reasons
> > >
> > > Never. Not on embedded platform.
> >
> > Why do you oppose this?
> >
> > It must be a misunderstanding, there is no downside that I can  
> > see.  I
> > don't think Adrian meant different Lua side number types (not  
> > required).
>
> Hmm. Sorry, I should have been more elaborate and less rough on that
> point. I mean that I never done that because I'm not developing for
> FPU-less platform, and have not (yet?) met conditions where I would
> believe that my code would *significantly* benefit from such change.
> Am I right that we're talking about something like applying LNUM
> patch?
>
> Alexander.