Re: Ref manual; boolean results on c api

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On 11 May 2012 09:17, Thijs Schreijer <thijs@thijsschreijer.nl> wrote:
> While I’m at it with the refman;
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> There seems to be an inconsistency in how boolean results described in the
> reference manual; mostly they are referenced as a 0 or 1 value, but in a few
> cases it is just ‘boolean’. When just starting with c, I got confused using
> the lua_pushboolean() function, that’s why I noticed it.
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> Quickly ran through the manual, these are the ones I found not explicitly
> defining what the Boolean value is supposed to be;
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> lua_gc; description of LUA_GCISRUNNING
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> lua_pushboolean
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> lua_tointegerx
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> lua_tonumberx
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> lua_tounsignedx
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> and yes, I know this is taking nitpicking to a whole new level, so do with
> it as you like
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> Thijs

Anyone using the C API should already understand that a boolean has
only two values (unless you are Microsoft) with zero being false and
none zero being true.

Liam