Re: strange behaviour with luaL_checkinteger()

[KHMan <keinhong@...>]

matthias wrote:
> I wrote my own Lua-crc function and got some weired results. For
> proofing correctness I also implemented a c-program.
> But when the c-program returned a negative value (with %d) I got a
> different value from the Lua-library.

There is no such thing as a negative number in a CRC calculation. 
If you got a negative number displayed, it's in the wrong 
representation.

If you have got sample code and test cases to show us, perhaps 
someone on the list can point out the specifics.

> My algorithm is quite similar to the one from lash-lua:
> http://code.google.com/p/lash-lua/source/browse/trunk/crc32.c?spec=svn5&r=5#112
[snip snip]

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Cheers,
Kein-Hong Man (esq.)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia