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- Subject: Re: number parsing question
- From: Dirk Feytons <dirk.feytons@...>
- Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:16:30 +0200
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 15:08, Benoit Germain <bgermain@ubisoft.fr> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> When parsing a negative number, unary minus is valid before the digits.
> However, when parsing a positive number, ‘unary plus’ yields a syntax error:
>
> Lua 5.1.4 Copyright (C) 1994-2008 Lua.org, PUC-Rio
>> = -1
> -1
>> = +1
> stdin:1: unexpected symbol near '+'
>
> Is this a bug or a feature?
I guess neither, since Lua doesn't have a unary plus operator :)
See http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#8
--
Dirk
