[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
[Date Index]
[Thread Index]
- Subject: Re: About big integers in Lua 5.3.
- From: Coda Highland <chighland@...>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 13:27:05 -0800
On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 12:11 PM, David Given <dg@cowlark.com> wrote:
> On 13/01/16 05:00, Dirk Laurie wrote:
> [...]
>> Neither. It is in fact correct, provided that you understand
>> twos complement notation.
>
> If the value won't fit in an int64, shouldn't it be parsed as a double?
We've been over THAT debate more than once. The basic conclusion is
"if you want a double, it's easy enough to get one; we're going to do
the thing that minimizes data loss."
/s/ Adam
