Re: Length operator description when border is max integer

[Xmilia Hermit <xmilia.hermit@...>]

Gerhard Sittig wrote:

> Using the operator on something that is not an array has
> never been reliable, and the documentation reflects that (the
> result could be anything).

The manual states that "The length operator applied on a table returns a 
border in that table." so it can not retrun anything but any border if 
there are multiple.

As for the original question:
The border is not defined as an integer but a natural number. Therefore 
border + 1 will never overflow to a negative number and since maxinteger 
+ 1 is not a valid integer any more it cannot be found in the table and 
therefore is nil. So maxinteger is always a border if maxinteger has a 
non nil value. (This is at least how I would read it).

Regards,
Xmilia