On Aug 31, 2017, at 12:57, Derek Bailey <dbaileychess@gmail.com> wrote:In 5.3, there is math.maxinteger and math.huge (http://www.lua.org/manual/5.3/manual.html). On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 12:39 PM, Matthias Dörfelt <lists@mokafolio.de> wrote:Hi, in C++ I often times use idioms like: auto shortestDistance = std::numeric_limits<float>::max() // … for(auto item : list) { float dist = determineDistance(item); if(dist < shortestDistance) { // ... shortestDistance = dist; } } // … After browsing for a while I could not find any similar constant to std::numeric_limits<float>::max() to get the biggest available number in lua. Is there one? If not, is there a reliable way to build my own function/constant? Thanks, Matthias
Hi, in C++ I often times use idioms like: auto shortestDistance = std::numeric_limits<float>::max() // … for(auto item : list) { float dist = determineDistance(item); if(dist < shortestDistance) { // ... shortestDistance = dist; } } // … After browsing for a while I could not find any similar constant to std::numeric_limits<float>::max() to get the biggest available number in lua. Is there one? If not, is there a reliable way to build my own function/constant? Thanks, Matthias
