RE: lua_number2int

["Jerome Vuarand" <jerome.vuarand@...>]

David Given wrote:
> Therefore, casting (double)0xFFFFFFFF to an unsigned int is 
> valid, but it's
> *not* valid to cast it to an int. Casting it to an unsigned 
> int and *then* to an int is valid, and will result in 0xFFFFFFF.
> 
> Anything else invoces undefined behaviour, and results in 
> daemons flying out of your nose.

lua_Integer is a typedef for ptrdiff_t, which must be signed. So for
safe extraction of unsigned integers in stock Lua there may be a need
for a lua_UnsignedInteger typedef, and a lua_tounsignedinteger function.
Maybe lua_Unsigned and lua_tounsigned would be clear enough.