Re: [ANN] Lua 5.2.0 (alpha-rc2) now available

[Nick Gammon <nick@...>]

On 19/11/2010, at 2:00 PM, David Manura wrote:

> The function does seem fairly trivial to include since bit32.TEST(...)
> == (bit32.AND(...) ~= 0).
> 

Trivial perhaps, but quite a few times I have fallen for this:

if bit.band (x, 0x10) then
  -- blah
end -- if

This 'if' always evaluates to true, which can catch people who are used to C.

For me, the "test" function is a welcome way of avoiding this (of course, you need to remember to use it).