Re: [patch] changing lua_Number to int64_t

[christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

On Nov 17,  3:36pm, lourival.neto%gmail.com@localhost (Lourival Vieira Neto) 
wrote:
-- Subject: Re: [patch] changing lua_Number to int64_t

| > 1. Lua 5.3 will have 64 bit integer support as standard, which will
| > make interop and reuse between kernel and userspace code much easier,
| > iff we use int64_t
| 
| If they are using int64_t for integers, I think it is a good reason to us to
| stick to int64_t.

This is not relevant. The numeric type will still be double, so forget
about compatibility between kernel and userland. There is no need for
the interpreter to use a fixed width type, but rather it is convenient
to use the largest numeric type the machine can represent.

christos