Re: problem with string.format %d and very large integers

[Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>]

> Is the bytecode format an implementation detail or is it formally 
> documented somewhere. And is it going to change with 5.2?

It is an implementation detail. The only documentation is the source.
We try to keep the header compatible across versions. The header in 5.2
is almost the same as the one in 5.1 except for some extra data at the
end of the header (LUAC_TAIL).