Re: Overflow handling in lua

[meino.cramer@...]

Javier Guerra Giraldez <javier@guerrag.com> [12-07-08 04:48]:
> On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Eike Decker <zet23t@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > I think it would stop icrementing at 2^48 or somewhere in that range..
> 
> more like 2^53
> 
> -- 
> Javier
> 

That is :

    a=0
    while a==a do
        a=a+1
    end

will run forever and 'a' will stay at its
maximum without changing then anymore...????
Or does it abort with an error? Or what else?

I am confused....

Best regards
mcc