Lua 5.1.1 and the __concat metamethod

["Paul.Winwood" <paul.winwood@...>]

I have implemented a Lua (5.1.1) userdata that implements the __concat 
metamethod. A simplified form of my testcase is as follows:

	result = userdata..number
--      result = number..dispatch
        result = dispatch..userdata
        result = userdata..table
        result = table..userdata
        result = userdata..boolean
        result = boolean..userdata
        result = userdata..string
        result = string..userdata
        result = userdata..func
        result = func..userdata
        result = userdata..thread
        result = thread..userdata

where userdata is a variable containing my userdata object (and number, 
table, boolean, func and thread are variables containing the 
corresponding Lua type). Everything works as expected but for the 
commented out case

	result = number..userdata

In this case the number is automatically 'promoted' to a string type 
before my metamethod is called. Is this behaviour correct because this 
is not as described by my reading of section 2.8 of the manual?

Paul.