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Hello Lua maling list, I have found an interesting bug. if you run a = 0 b = -0 if (a == b) then print("0 is -0!") end in the lua demo (http://www.lua.org/cgi-bin/demo), then you see that lua does'nt make a difference between 0 and -0. Can can make -0 when you try this in the lua demo: a = -20 b = 0 c = a * b print(c) This example shows, when you multiply -20 and 0 that lua gives -0. The use of (-20) has the same output. You can change the output from -0 to 0, when you run this: a = (-20) b = 0 c = a * b if (c == -0) then c = 0 end print(c) or this: a = (-20) b = 0 c = a * b if (c == 0) then c = 0 end print(c) The problem of the output from -0 is that -0 does'nt look good. The user (for example a wow addon user) can be disoriented, when he read the addon output: "(-20) * 0 = -0. We know that 0 and -0 is the same for lua. But when you use a repeat and random numbers: repeat a = math.random(-20, 20); b = math.random(-20, 20); c = a * b if (c == -0) then c = 0 end print(a..' -- a') print(b..' -- b') print(c..' -- c') print('########') until c == 0 then became I for example this block: 0 -- a 19 -- b -0 -- c ######## but when I use this line if (c == 0) then for the line if (c == -0) then then I get this block: 0 -- a 19 -- b 0 -- c ######## The big problem is that lua make a -0. 0 * -0 isn't -0. The right solution is 0! Here my code for this problem: a = 0 b = -a c = a * b print(c) I hope that can help you to make Lua better. Lua is great! |