Re: Lua number type and 64-bit machines

["Alex Davies" <alex.mania@...>]

> I appreciate that currently having only one numeric type helps keep
> Lua simple, but I fear that on 64-bit machines Lua's number type might
> not be able to represent common integer values such as process ids or
> file offsets.
>
>  John

Lua does offer the light userdata offset, which is well suited for process 
ids.  Not so for file offsets though..

- Alex