Re: Bug in LNUM patch

[Richard Hundt <richardhundt@...>]

Flemming Madsen wrote:
> Hi there
>
> I think i have found a bug.
>
> The LNUM patch changes the test below from lua_isnumber() to
> lua_isinteger() in luaL_checkinteger(). However this has the
> unfortunate side effect of causing Lua to claim that numbers between
> -1.0 < x < 1.0 can not be integers:

Integers are defined as a subset of real numbers that are *whole* (i.e 
which can be written without a fractional or decimal component). Numbers 
between -1.0 < x < 1.0 therefore *cannot* be integers, so unless I've 
misunderstood, the existing behaviour was exactly what you wanted there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integer

Cheers,
Rich