Re: CVS commit: src

[Lourival Vieira Neto <lneto%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 7:53 PM, Alexander Nasonov <alnsn%yandex.ru@localhost> 
wrote:
> Lourival Vieira Neto wrote:
>> Are you aware that we have already changed the language number type?
>> Thus, we have already changed the language itself? If you insist, we
>> can call that Lua', kernel Lua, or whatever you like.
>
> It's documented:
>
> http://www.lua.org/manual/5.2/manual.html#lua_Number
>
> typedef double lua_Number;
>
> The type of numbers in Lua. By default, it is double, but that can be
> changed in luaconf.h. Through this configuration file you can change Lua
> to operate with another type for numbers (e.g., float or long).

Yes, and so do the arithmetic operations. And yes it does change the
language itself. Lua language ~= Lua interpreter.

>> > But seriously, you can easily implement it. It doesn't even have to be
>> > in a Lua core file. You can create a new file in you lua module directory.
>>
>> Yes, we can (how Obama says =). However, I don't see this as a priority.
>
> When I see something like this at work, I may set a reminder to follow-up
> after 6 months. I don't think mutt has this feature. Should I submit a PR
> instead?

Really don't know how you should proceed. As you are also a dev, you
could just implement this if you really miss exponentiation in kernel
Lua.

Regards,
-- 
Lourival Vieira Neto