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- Subject: A terminological inexactitude in the Lua Reference Manual
- From: Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@...>
- Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 12:26:57 +0200
The Manual says, under lua_tointegerx:
If the number is not an integer, it is truncated in some non-specified way.
A more accurate description of the present behaviour on at least one commonly
used system would be:
If the number is not an integer, it is rounded in some non-specified way.
The code in llimits.h defining the process is heavy with #ifdef's and commented
with copious use of the word "trick". Suffice to say that it is strongly
implementation-dependent.
Maybe a neutral term would be more appropriate.
If the number is not an integer, it is convered to an integer in
some non-specified way.
