Re: [patch] changing lua_Number to int64_t

[Lourival Vieira Neto <lourival.neto%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Christos Zoulas 
<christos%zoulas.com@localhost> wrote:
> On Nov 17, 10:46am, lourival.neto%gmail.com@localhost (Lourival Vieira Neto) 
> wrote:
> -- Subject: Re: [patch] changing lua_Number to int64_t
>
> | On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 7:37 AM, Marc Balmer <marc%msys.ch@localhost> wrote:
> | > Am 17.11.13 04:49, schrieb Terry Moore:
> | >> I believe that if you want the Lua scripts to be portable across NetBSD
> | >> deployments, you should choose a well-known fixed width.
> | >
> | > I don't see this as very important.  Lua scripts will hardly depend on
> | > the size of an integer.
> |
> | But they could. I think that the script programmers should know if the
> | numeric data type is enough for their usage (e.g., time diffs).
>
> By making it the biggest type possible, you never need to be worried.

Right.. you just convinced me.. if no one opposes, I'll change that to
intmax_t and get rid of PRI/SCNd64 =).

Regards,
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Lourival Vieira Neto