Re: Lua 5.1 (alpha) now available

[Gavin Wraith <gavin@...>]

In message <20050903142821.GA5659@mike.de> you wrote:


> 
> Gavin Wraith wrote:
> > > But why bother? All CPUs other than x86 have
> > > a decent FP instruction set (x87 FP is _not_ decent).
> > 
> > Not ARMs, alas.
> 
> Ahemm, I _do_ word my postings carefully.
> 
> The ARM FP instruction set _does_ provide both rounding and
> truncation:
>   FIX  reg, fpreg
>   FIXZ reg, fpreg
> 
> The fact that most ARM based systems don't have a (hardware) FPU
> is something quite different and doesn't matter for the discussion
> at hand. Because then you'd better use integers for lua_Number
> which makes all the relevant casts a no-op.

Sorry. Yes that is right. And on the whole I do use integers for
lua_Number.

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