Re: file:read("*n") reference manual entry improvement

[Egil Hjelmeland <privat@...>]

On 25. okt. 2013 10:28, Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote:
> > Mmmh, I did some investigations and I'm not completely sure it is a bug,
> > although the C89 standard is *really* murky on the subject. According to
> > the standard (a draft document I found long ago on the Internet whose
> > number is not specified, I hope you have a copy of the actual C89
> > standard to check my references):
> I have a copy of C99...
>
> Anyway, it seems we both agree the C documentation is quite convoluted
> about this topic.  So, the question remains whether it is worth trying
> to explain something similar in the Lua manual, versus leaving it open
> to the user's imagination or own tests...
>
> -- Roberto
I would suggest a note that file:read("*n") (being based on based on C 
function fscanf) is  not recommended unless it is certain that the 
stream return a valid textual number.

Egil