Why does string.format() limit width to two digits?

[Andreas Falkenhahn <andreas@...>]

Hi,

I was wondering why Lua's string.format() limits the width and precision fields to two digits. E.g. this doesn't work in Lua because we use a width of 100 (99 works fine):

    string.format('%100s', 'hello world')

Is there any particular reason why Lua imposes this limit on string.format()? I'm just wondering because this restriction sometimes makes it difficult to port C code to Lua.

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 Andreas Falkenhahn                          mailto:andreas@falkenhahn.com