Re: no return value vs. nil return value(s)

[Lorenzo Donati <lorenzodonatibz@...>]

Sorry for quoting myself

On 11/09/2011 20.52, Lorenzo Donati wrote:
[...]
> I just wanted to know if it is intentionally left undefined or it is
> something we can rely on.
>
> There are other areas in Lua where being intuitive doesn't mean
> guaranteed (because of the trade-offs Lua team had to do), so my
> question is not so bizarre IMHO.

I would have found intuitive that file.seek would work for very large 
files, but it turned out that sticking to C standard means that on 
platforms where a long is 32-bit the that function cannot handle files 
with size >2GB.

Of course it is not the same kind of problem, but I try to be more 
clear: is it a defined feature or just an implementation detail that, if 
exploited, could explode in my face at the worst moment?

Thanks again.
-- Lorenzo